Nekateri smo bili s prihajajoèo spremembo seznanjeni že nekaj mesecev vnaprej pa so me vseeno ujeli na foro.

Prva stran, vidim uvodnik s katerim naznanjajo novo tipografijo, kakšno minuto gledam kaj je novega in se sprašujem kdo me zajebava, obrnem stran in…

But that’s not the point is it?

Želel sem samo napisat nekakšen prvi vtis ob branju prve prenovljene izdaje  Dela, ki mi je prišel v roke precej pozno.

disclaimer – Nikakor se nimam za poznavalca podroèja tipografije. Zadeve s tega podroèja me zanimajo iz oblikovnega stališèa in uporabniške izkušnje (berljivosti). O teoriji ne mislim razpredati ker nisem niti najmanj usposobljen za kaj takega. Stališèa avtorja in naroènikov se oèitno razlikujejo z mojim.

Po pravici povedano sem najprej od daleè naletel na naslovnico Sobotne Priloge (in se èudil komu se je zmešalo da je skupaj spravil tako grd naslov), šele èez kakšno uro sem dejansko prijel èasopis v roke.

Prvi vtis…
Tipografija je vidno shujšala, serifi so bolj izpiljeni in manj poudarjeni (poenostavljeni), iz neznanega razloga se na veè mestih uporablja small caps, sans serifni naslovi mi niso preveè všeè…

Nasploh je vtis zelo nedoloèen. Po eni strani mi je sam tekst relativno všeè ampak celoten vtis zelo pokvarijo neizstopajoèi naslovi in podnaslovi. Enostavno ne padejo v oèi že na prvi pogled. Preveè nedominantni. Stran deluje uniformno siva in kot taka onemogoèa hitrega preletavanja teksta oz. èlankov.
Oèitno želijo bralce prisiliti v vsebino ne pa samo vizualno podobo. Za moj stil in potrebe branja vsekakor zelo neprimerno.

Žal èasopise berem samo med vikendi za ves teden nazaj zato sem se zelo navadil na hitro branje. Vse edicije Slovenskih Novic in Dela preberem v dobre pol ure. Za nekatere priloge si vzamem še dodatne pol ure.

V tem èasu se paè redko poglabljam v samo vsebino èe ni res nekaj posebnega. Veèino stvari tako ali tako dobim prek RSS ali televizije, ostanejo samo bolj prikrite zanimivosti.
Z novo tipografijo se bojim da kaj takega enostavno ne bo nemogoèe.

Bomo videli… zaenkrat mi celota ni najbolj všeè. Ne glede na to kaj o izboljšani berljivosti pravijo v Delu.

 

Oh well… if I was underwhelmed at first I’m certainly making up for it now. I’m getting very excited about  Pandora.

After the initial run of popular (mainstream) alternatives to the band I selected to play it went from OK to GREAT. The current selection is simply packed with excellent music and more or less all very indie. Good luck finding these albums in some shop. Guess I’ll have to order online.

There are two things I have a bit of an issue with.
1) It’s not a standalone app
2) There’s no way to export the playlist.

At least they give you the option of buying directly from Amazon or iTunes but I’d really like that playlist in a form I can manipulate & print so I could search elsewhere.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Ffor everyone that loves to discover new bands or just enjoys constantly great music without the limitations of regular radio stations.

 

Yesss…I received an invitation to test  Pandora and it’s been running for a while now.
The first 10h I get to listen for free, beyond that it’s $36 per year (I think, I can’t find where it said that).
The quality of sound is the way it should be, on the other hand, I would like to see a different selection.

During the first hour it only played two or three songs I haven’t already heard. I don’t know, perhaps I was expecting too much in the way of unknown artists. Don’t get me wrong, it plays great music, it’s just that I wanted to explore and expand my horizons (in a way). I wanted music I don’t already have but obviously that’s a bit tough to achieve.

The other thing that bothers me is that it is a web app. I’d much preffer something similar to WinAmp rather than having it play in a browser window. It’s too easily shut down by mistake.

That’s it for now.