Re: [IxDA Discuss] Could use some eyes on this chart

2010-01-27 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
The new timeline starting at 0 instead of -40 is confusing. Also, as Rob said, the circular path is unclear. Since all of the other triangles on the paths correspond to specific dated events, maybe you should remove the five on the new timeline that don't correspond to specific events. --Jarrod

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Age vs Date of Birth in sign up form

2010-01-22 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
Wow, I'm surprised by the number of people that consider birth date private information. Since one's birth date and much of one's address history is a matter of public record (in the US at least) there's basically ~0 risk in freely giving out your birth date. A text entry form that shows how to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] His/Her vs. Their in website copy

2009-07-21 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
Using the plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender is an old and honorable pattern in English, not a newfangled bit of degeneracy or a politically correct plot to avoid sexism (though it often serves the latter purpose). People who insist that %u201CEveryone has brought his

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Meaning of Hard Coding Colors?

2009-07-13 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
There's also a problem from the accessibility standpoint. You can't know if a user of your product does or does not have some sort of color-blindness or other visual impariment. The best case for the user is for every color (and font, and font-size) you use by default to be customizable to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] References to clients/colleagues/managers/companies in social networking discussions/posting

2009-07-01 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
This is why I do my best to never say anything I will be ashamed of, ever. It doesn't mean I might not call a client crazy but I'd only do that if I was willing to defend my statement to the client. Also, MC Frontalot has a song that sort of relates to this discussion (link to lyrics, not AV

Re: [IxDA Discuss] White text on dark background?

2009-03-13 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ With a bold-weight, sans-serif font like that page has, I agree that it hurts my eyes to have white on black. When I have normal-weight, serif fonts, dark on light is preferable to me; I can read more of it longer without eyestrain or the text just becoming

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ThoughtPile.org

2008-12-09 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
Also when when node is in focus, click on another simply resets the graph, but doesn't switch focus :-( A click anywhere resets the graph. A click captured by a node (the node displays as solid) does switch focus. I think only nodes deeper than the current one can do this. . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Voting system design

2008-12-09 Thread Jarrod Lombardo
Ron Rivest and Warren Smith have done some very interesting design/research into secure voting systems. http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/RivestSmith-ThreeVotingProtocolsThreeBallotVAVAndTwin.pdf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org