Exaggerating is an art

How low can you go: A website devoted to banning the Comic Sans font.

“In 1995 Microsoft released the font Comic Sans originally designed for comic book style talk bubbles containing informational help text. Since that time the typeface has been used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college exams to medical information. These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built”.

How dramatic huh? As if people don’t notice the silly type. It is like stating that that horrible powerpoint guy is killing creativity and makes painters and artists obsolete.

The intention to remove this font from the fontpool is a noble intention though.

ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans

Trumping Google? Metasearching’s Promise

In academic libraries nationwide, the same conversation is taking place between librarians who don’t want the interface “dumbed down” and librarians with usability practice who know that patrons basically want the Google experience. It’s time for librarians to accept that library users are not interested in being more like us. If we don’t understand that the majority of our users are novice searchers who may wish to remain that way, we are missing the opportunity to serve the pragmatic user who is happy with a “good enough” answer.

Usability voor de bibliotheekbezoekers is een basisvereiste en iets waar de bibliotheken aan zullen moeten wennen. Interessant artikel op libraryjournal.com

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