I thought maybe displaying a dialog that says "SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE" front and center, that steals cursor focus (after a random delay), and covers content, might have been a better illustration of the phenomenon, considering it's more intrusive than the pop-under ads of the early 00's.
"Failure to verify. Click all squares containing a traffic signal."
I hate how much unpaid labor I've given to Gemini just because so many sites fall for the DDOS shakedown. And I've heard the story about how PayPal's captcha saved the company or whatever, I just don't think the solution should be appointing Google as your gatekeeper.
It is made worse by it not actually looking for the right answer at all stages of that process. Part of it you're training it, and it will take your word for it. Let's make that image appear slowly, like real slow fade in. Motorcycle? Include the rider, not include the rider? Does it matter? Who cares, we have made our mind about your IP already, this is just to annoy you.
There is that one guy that orders 50lbs anvils from Amazon, just to return them. He has been doing that for 6 months. This is the kind of thing that makes a person do that.
I'm kind of sad it didn't wrap text off the viewport, change font sizes randomly to be tiny and not scale with browser zooming, and choose colors with low contrast.
I worked with a guy years ago who passionately hated Comic Sans. I told him to email Vincent Connare, the Comic Sans inventor, and tell him how much he didn't like it, and he did.
Anyway, no response until a year and a half later, then one day a simple F-you came back.
Wow, I've never seen comic sans on mobile before, and... it kind of looks really nice?? I'm not sure why, but it looks totally different from windows! Maybe it's the high resolution display, but the font doesn't look as childish, and just looks slightly more organic than the default. And slightly easier on the eyes, too.
One of my favorite monospaced / terminal font (they also have a variable width version) is Recursive Casual Mono... very similar to Comic Sans, and looks great.
Just got a Comic Sans Everywhere extension on firefox, this is kind of awesome! Comic Sans gets a bad rap. I feel better already it kind of conveys the reality that everything on the internet is fake and were all clowns.
Comic Sans has its uses and there is also Shantell Sans that is an update on the concept for dyslexic people.
Hating on Comic Sans is getting tired, those that call themselves 'designers' but merely imitate are the chief culprits.
I have no use for the font, or rather, typeface, myself, but I don't belittle those that do use it. You can guarantee some charity fundraising thing pegged to the noticeboard in a supermarket will use Comic Sans, and I am okay with that. If there was a fridge magnet font by Fisher Price then I would be okay with that too.
Imagine how boring the world would be without the little things that annoy 'designers'.
I am okay with Google Easter Eggs, generally, just so long as Google have a top class product, but they have lost their edge, and, whilst the product is lacking, Easter Eggs will look silly.
I hate Comic Sans, not because it's a bad typeface, but because it's misused.
It's a playful font, so using it for playful things is great! Anything related to children's activities, it's a fine choice.
But then people use it for things that aren't playful. A sign at your bank saying they're low on coins should not be in Comic Sans. Work e-mails should not be in Comic Sans. A resume should not be in Comic Sans unless you're applying for a literal clown job or Kindergarten teacher.
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I thought maybe displaying a dialog that says "SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE" front and center, that steals cursor focus (after a random delay), and covers content, might have been a better illustration of the phenomenon, considering it's more intrusive than the pop-under ads of the early 00's.
"Failure to verify. Click all squares containing a traffic signal."
I hate how much unpaid labor I've given to Gemini just because so many sites fall for the DDOS shakedown. And I've heard the story about how PayPal's captcha saved the company or whatever, I just don't think the solution should be appointing Google as your gatekeeper.
There is that one guy that orders 50lbs anvils from Amazon, just to return them. He has been doing that for 6 months. This is the kind of thing that makes a person do that.
Kind of illustrates how detached they are from actual substance and how shallow their understanding of what bad UX really means.
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Anyway, no response until a year and a half later, then one day a simple F-you came back.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=askew
PS: https://www.google.com/search?q=bad+UX is a cleaner submission link without any tracking.
https://www.google.com/search?q=vincent+connare
Hating on Comic Sans is getting tired, those that call themselves 'designers' but merely imitate are the chief culprits.
I have no use for the font, or rather, typeface, myself, but I don't belittle those that do use it. You can guarantee some charity fundraising thing pegged to the noticeboard in a supermarket will use Comic Sans, and I am okay with that. If there was a fridge magnet font by Fisher Price then I would be okay with that too.
Imagine how boring the world would be without the little things that annoy 'designers'.
I am okay with Google Easter Eggs, generally, just so long as Google have a top class product, but they have lost their edge, and, whilst the product is lacking, Easter Eggs will look silly.
It's a playful font, so using it for playful things is great! Anything related to children's activities, it's a fine choice.
But then people use it for things that aren't playful. A sign at your bank saying they're low on coins should not be in Comic Sans. Work e-mails should not be in Comic Sans. A resume should not be in Comic Sans unless you're applying for a literal clown job or Kindergarten teacher.
I was tired of the hate 20 years ago. And yet people still feel the need to keep beating the dead horse. It mystifies me.