Todd VaziriMar 26

Netflix - you didn’t pass the test.

The outs graphic should have three dots, not two. Because there are three outs to an inning.

from 2014:
https://sixcolors.com/post/2014/10/fox-box/

Richard DiazMar 26
Show threadTodd Vaziri

Why is having two dots wrong? Because there are three outs to an inning. I mean, why have TWO GREY DOTS when there are zero outs? Even after the third out, Netflix doesn't change the graphic - it remains as TWO DOTS.

How Netflix shows how many outs there are:

Mar 26 at 3:50pmIvory for Mac
Show threadTodd VaziriMar 26
boom - something like this is clearer without any additional distracting noise or crowding. I'm NOT a graphic designer.
Show threadErika EnsignMar 26

@tvaziri
THANK YOU

I'm not even really a baseball fan, and the 2 dots thing offends me deeply

Show threadJordan KrahnMar 26
@tvaziri bless Apple for getting this SO right
Show threadTodd VaziriMar 26
@jkrahn hear hear
Show threadAnthony BosioMar 27
@tvaziri I mean, the cost of that extra dot at the scale Netflix is dealing with…
Show threadCM HarringtonMar 26

@tvaziri This is a terrible rationale, but I am willing to put a dollar on a designer who doesn’t watch sports deciding it made sense because the third out marks the change of innings, so, not too unlike a clock that changes from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00.

But then with two dots you have all the confusion issues you describe. It’s why you don’t call a ‘cart’ (or ‘basket’) a ‘schlarffledinger’ on an ecommerce site. Just do what people expect.

Show threadYining Karl LiMar 26

@tvaziri …and on top of that they hid the score bug all the time. Was that ball two or ball three? Who knows! The score bug is gone!

…and they also missed the first ABS challenge in MLB history because they cut away to an interview.

All around I thought the Netflix broadcast was not great.

Show threadJohn LagomarsinoMar 26
@tvaziri You’re right about this, but my own pet peeve is how every new scorebug goes for zero transparency, making it dangerous for an OLED. Considering there are so many hours of baseball games in a season, this adds up!