Erik Moeller wrote:
Don't get me wrong - I agree we absolutely need to
get smarter about
text flow and measure. There's a lot of work involved in getting this
right, though. I'd recommend sorting out any remaining issues with the
typography refresh, and building a separate beta feature for text
flow/measure experiments, so we can push the other changes into prod soon
unless there are major reasons not to.
Yep.
Relatedly, all beta experiments are currently "timeless." No version
number, no "last updated" date, etc. We may want to reconsider this, as
we're already seeing confusion between iterations (i.e., typography
refresh refresh or typography update update).
Jared Zimmerman wrote:
Time permitting I want Jon to experiment with
http://simplefocus.com/flowtype/ for article pages.
There's no deadline. :-) FlowType.JS looks really neat, but I agree that
putting any of the layout experiments in the typography update is jarring.
Imagine a likely scenario, such as article talk where
flow and an
article might benefit from being side by side in a 2 column layout.
This is an area where I think real-world statistics would be helpful.
Optimizing for the large monitor crowd is easy because designers often
have (several) large monitors. But I think we need to know what
readers/users actually have out in the wild to figure out how to best
prioritize resources.
MZMcBride