{"id":398,"date":"2009-03-24T20:50:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T20:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/?p=398"},"modified":"2009-03-24T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T20:52:32","slug":"redmonds-font-of-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/2009\/03\/redmonds-font-of-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Redmond&#039;s Font of Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, mini-gripe time.<\/p>\n<p>See this old dialog box from <strong>Windows 3.1<\/strong>? I&#039;m getting flashbacks now; I actually kind of miss these dodgy old interfaces. This one was for picking new fonts to install, back when you always had to do it manually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kb.adobe.com\/selfservice\/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15817\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_31.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"font_31\" width=\"216\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems familiar, though. That&#039;s because it hasn&#039;t changed in any incarnation of Windows up to the present day. That&#039;s right! Observe:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows 95\/98\/ME\/2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kb.adobe.com\/selfservice\/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15817\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_95.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"font_95\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_95.gif 400w, https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_95-300x234.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows XP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabriznews.com\/old\/help.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_xp.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"font_xp\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows Vista<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wildermuth.com\/2007\/02\/21\/Vista_Still_Has_Some_OLD_Code\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_vista.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"font_vista\" width=\"500\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_vista.jpg 578w, https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/font_vista-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slightly ridiculous, no? Admittedly it&#039;s not &#034;broken&#034;, and it&#039;s not really causing much of a problem. But, given the extent to which Microsoft like to fiddle with GUIs these days, the mere fact that they decided to let this gem survive right through to 2008 could demonstrate a lack of quality control. Along with <a title=\"The 5 sins of Vista\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intelliadmin.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/5-sins-of-vista.html\">some other examples<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<p>And, if nothing else, significant variations in the look and feel of a GUI can hinder a workflow. Design rules: broken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bootnote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bonus image: check out this gem from Windows XP!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geekable.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/04\/without_makeup.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/061204_fontbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"061204_fontbox\" width=\"387\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/061204_fontbox.jpg 387w, https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/061204_fontbox-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief stroll through time with Microsoft Windows and the &#034;Add Font&#034; dialog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[12,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kera.name\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}