Member alu… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 "Challenging users to really leverage their abilities is not" Not sure what you mean. "MS used to be all about money, but look at Bill Gates now" MS is still all about money. I guess you're getting at bigger philosophical thoughts in terms of what the roles of corporations should be in society. I imagine I'd probably agree with your stance on most of it. Link to comment
Member old… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Does the expression "Who gives a rat's ass?" strike a familiar note? Here comes de judge, here comes de judge... Link to comment
Member old… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Does the expression "Who gives a rat's ass?" strike a familiar note? Here come de judge, here come de judge... Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Bill Gates retired from daily involvement several years ago and is now heavily involved in charity work. Good for him, but that's his personal actions, not the company's. Microsoft as a company is still very money-oriented; in fact a frequent criticism of CEO Steve Balmer is that he's been too focused on maintaining their cash cows of Windows and the Office Suite while failing to keep up with the innovations of their competitors. And its not just critics of the company that have said that; some of their strongest supporters have also complained about that. Link to comment
Member Tho… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 1 Of course, the problem isn't that it's the iTunes font. The problem is that it is also the iOS main system font. Insanity. Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Which fonts would be better choices? Link to comment
Member Chr… Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 I’d pick Chicago if I could. Wheres my 8-track player? Link to comment
Member Tho… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 James: My objection is primarily to the very closed apertures in Helvetica. Most any humanist sans serif would do better. They were already using Myriad as a corporate typeface, it would have been just fine. Your own Clearview would have been great. Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 > James...Your own Clearview would have been great Actually I'm not James Montalbano. I'm a different JamesM. Link to comment
Member Tho… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 That's funny. I've been assuming you were him for a little while now! I guess I should have clicked on your user name. My bad. Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 No problem; I've made similar mistakes here when names are similar. Link to comment
Member Geo… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 1 for Helvetica at small sizes, and 1.5 for Lucida Grande. To me the latter seems unjustifiably smug in its humane-late-modernism, because of the coarseness of, for instance, the way the bowls get away from stems on bpdq. (That's not to accuse the designers of smugness; I'm sure they're not. And my misperception of Lucida Grande is probably rare, but it is fairly intense.) Link to comment
Member Si_… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Which fonts would be better choices? A font formed from twigs or perhaps that looks like it's carved from panther pelt wall hangings would be more fitting. ;-) Link to comment
Member Chr… Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Someone also started a thread on the Apple Support Communities discussion board about changing the font in iTunes 11.0: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4554797?start=0&tstart=0 Link to comment
Member hra… Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Lucida Grande ... seems unjustifiably smug in its humane-late-modernism Superbly put. hhp Link to comment
Member Jen… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 With the help of the discussion thread linked by Chris, I changed my iTunes fonts to the Segoe UI family :) https://twitter.com/jenskutilek/status/275236961424388096/photo/1 Link to comment
Member Chr… Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 So it worked? Sweet! Chicago, here I come! Link to comment
Member mar… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 3. Neutral. iTunes isn't immersive reading. Helvetica is entirely adequate for the job. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 @apankrat – It's Apple's music business and related software. Link to comment
Member Jam… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The "iTunes" name originally fit the product better when it was just a jukebox music application. But over the years it's grown into a general-purpose media control app, used to shop for and organize all kinds of media (movies, books, apps, tv shows, etc). Also used to control syncing of iPhones or iPads to your computer. Link to comment
Member hra… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yes, "iAmYourMaster" would be better. hhp Link to comment
Member Té… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 As they used to say: Every app grows until it can read mail. Link to comment
Member Typ… Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 As they used to say: Every app grows until it can read mail. I actually laughed out loud after reading this. Nice one sir! Typogruffer Link to comment
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