Message-ID: <92664a4a-f8d9-c5f3-803c-ade57c871cb5@interisle.net>
Date: 3 Oct 2022 08:46:37 -0400
From: "Fred Goldstein" <invalid@see-sig.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Re: [telecom] Please critique the new online version of the Telecom
Digest
On 10/1/2022 3:46 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> The "online" version of the Telecom Digest is now ready for Beta test,
> and I need your help.
>
> The new version is at https://telecomdigest.net/rsi/latest-issue.html.
> Please let me know what your opinions are concerning the web-based
> version, and answer these questions for me:
>
> 1. Is it readable on your device, and if not, why not?
>
> 2. Does it present a professional appearance? In other words,
> does it look good?
>
> 3. What would you change if you could? Why?
I don't like the white text on black background. It is harder to read
than black on white properly rendered. The text is also a notch too
large. I don't like tiny text but the current text is too large.
Sans-serif is also harder to read than serif typefaces. Look at the
Boston Globe site (articles, not home page) for an example of readable
text -- note the type is a bit tighter and smaller but retains wide
leading (space between lines).
I'm sorry, Bill, but it looks like Geocities called from 1998 and wants
its designs back.
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Message-ID: <20221003233013.GB464544@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 23:30:13 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [telecom] Please critique the new online version of the Telecom
Digest
On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 08:46:37AM -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote:
> On 10/1/2022 3:46 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
>> The "online" version of the Telecom Digest is now ready for Beta
>> test, and I need your help.
>> The new version is at https://telecomdigest.net/rsi/latest-issue.html .
>> Please let me know what your opinions are concerning the web-based
>> version, and answer these questions for me:
>> 1. Is it readable on your device, and if not, why not?
>>
>> 2. Does it present a professional appearance? In other words, does it look good?
>>
>> 3. What would you change if you could? Why?
>
> I don't like the white text on black background. It is harder to
> read than black on white properly rendered. The text is also a notch
> too large. I don't like tiny text but the current text is too
> large. Sans-serif is also harder to read than serif typefaces. Look
> at the Boston Globe site (articles, not home page) for an example of
> readable text -- note the type is a bit tighter and smaller but
> retains wide leading (space between lines).
>
> I'm sorry, Bill, but it looks like Geocities called from 1998 and wants its
> designs back.
Well, I NEVER! …
… took a course in typography, or learned how to run a Linotype
machine. 😉
But, seriously: I was so impressed with the increase in readability I
got by enabling "High Contrast" in Windows 10, that I decided to try
white-text-on-black-background for the "online" version of the Digest.
My eyes are old, and I've had cataract surgery, and I'm probably not
the "typical" web-page reader. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm
doing something unproductive: younger eyes are more adaptable, and the
whole idea is to make the page easily readable by EVERYONE - so I'll
crabwalk a bit, and ask that other readers with more expertise on
these matters than I contribute their suggestions for improvements.
To keep the debate focused on essentials, we'll stick to a single
issue and make only suggested changes. The list of changes is at -
http://telecomdigest.net/rsi/experiment.html
... and readers can click through to any of the demo pages.
Bill Horne, writing only for himself as a self-taught, slightly
out-of-date web designer.
P.S. Geocities? REALLY? I'm going to ask Northeastern University to
revive the lynx machine: we'll set the WayBack machine to 1982!
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(Please remove QRM from my email address to send mail to my personal account)
Message-ID: <Esr_K.532286$Ny99.380632@fx16.iad>
Date: 2 Oct 2022 22:06:28 -0400
From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net>
Subject: Re: [telecom] The U.S. Is Behind on Mobile Payments,
But We're Catching Up
On 10/2/2022 12:29, Bill Horne wrote:
> By Joe Fedewa
>
> Using a phone or watch to pay at a terminal is not new. iPhones and
> Android devices have both been able to do it for a long time. So why
> is the U.S. still lagging behind with mobile payments?
>
> In other parts of the world, such as China, nearly 90% of people use
> mobile payments. That's more than double the U.S., but adoption is not
> the only problem. The infrastructure for mobile payments in the
> U.S. is just not there yet.
I believe that is also related to your region. I've heard from
west-coast friends that mobile-payments are more common out their way.
In the mid-west (eastern Ohio), I very rarely see such a thing. Many
elderly people would not understand how it works. While I'm younger, I
do not have a smart phone.
In Germany, cash is still king. It appears that just fewer than half of
transactions are now in cash, as of late, but historically, Germans have
held onto their cash. Citing 2019 NPR article, linked below:
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/09/728323278/for-many-germans-cash-is-still-king
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