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Re: Color Change background
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Thu, 13 May 2004 16:59:38 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > Jake McKee wrote:
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> > > * Admitting that we made a mistake in our implementation
> > "Sorry, I dropped your baby".
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> Geez. That's a bit thick in my personal view.
Agreed.
I've been staying awfully quiet of late, in part because I've
already made my opinion clear, done my public seething, and
have now gone about adapting myself to what is coming down the
pike. Sure, it's lousy that this has happened to such useful
colors, and sure, it throws those of us with huge collections
of the superseded colors (cough cough) for a big ol' loop.
But Christian overestimates the personal part of Jake in making
this decision (which was, well, zero) and underestimates, I
think, the sheer exertion he's going to in order to get some
small space carved out in consideration of our numerically-small
but vocal (and, I would argue, very important in the sense of
being an ally in outreach and interest) group of enthusiasts.
Unfortunately, the Design Lab people may not have fully grasped
that the shift in color is something very different from adding
plastic-conserving divots inside the brick, or improving clutch
points, but the explanation Jake gives sounds reasonable, if
sad.
> > Sorry, Jake, but it was really nothing really new in this post.
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> > I failed to notice the promised "Good Thinking" - my error?
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> Yes, I think it *is* your error. You did "fail to notice"...
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> Jake *explained* why the Design Lab felt there was a strong need to change
> things. You may not agree that it was a legitimate need to rationalise the
> palette. That's fine. You might be right.
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> But to just *deny* that it was good thinking, and demand that people be fired...
> That just doesn't strike me as useful. Spiteful maybe, but not useful.
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> I suspect that Jake spent some considerable internal political capital on our
> behalf to get this level of detail and get it approved to be shared. These sorts
> of vitriolic posts don't help him make the case upwards that it's WORTH sharing.
Also wholeheartedly agreed here. Express your discontent,
sure, but why go into hyperbole? Why make the same point
that's been made over and over again, only with extra
vitriol? It doesn't help anyone, and I imagine that Jake
(being a human being, and one I have unfortunately only
met once) is probably popping antacids pretty quickly himself.
Setting the messenger on fire is probably not the best way
to do things--all it does is, well, set the messenger on fire.
So I'll go on record (again) as applauding Jake's efforts
(the service packs, the bulk pack survey [sadly without the
classic colors], asking for feedback, and this), even while
I'm tsk-tsking the Company as a whole for not understanding
the need to stick to the color wheel and not make everything
clash. I've stopped fulminating here, and instead have
taken my efforts to written letters, which usually mean a lot
more than words on the Internet when it comes to companies.
Politicians, too, though I understand big, scary crayon
letters tend to get the *bad* kind of attention.
all best
LFB
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| (...) I am well aware of the fact that Jake has no real influence on the way most of this worked out. I have stated this several times, although his "Good Thinking" and "I can't tell you details, but you will love this" is really getting on my (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Geez. That's a bit thick in my personal view. (snipped a lot of stuff in the same vein) (...) Yes, I think it *is* your error. You did "fail to notice"... Jake *explained* why the Design Lab felt there was a strong need to change things. You (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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