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.
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.
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.
A decade or so ago I opened the weekly legal trade newspaper and found a death notice for the senior partner of a boutique law firm in Comic Sans. Still trying to figure out what it meant.
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.
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.
I hate the hate on Comic Sans. It’s not, by itself, bad UX. It’s not really UX at all. And used properly it has an important place in design. Try all uppercase - it’s an excellent simulacrum of comic book lettering.
...But every search on google is bad UX between the AIOs and the millions of indian SEO scammers that have been brought to prominence the past few years
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] threadMaybe the moral is that Good UX doesn't need bloated AI summaries on traditional search queries?
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.
Anyway, no response until a year and a half later, then one day a simple F-you came back.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole
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.
try also https://www.google.com/search?q=times+new+roman
Edit: I guess this was already on the Google easter eggs wiki page, but I happened to find it randomly just recently.
https://www.google.com/search?q=askew
PS: https://www.google.com/search?q=bad+UX is a cleaner submission link without any tracking.
Any of Google's Android apps.
https://www.google.com/search?q=do+a+barrel+roll