Comments on: Seven new pennies http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/ Usability an' that Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: James Henstridge http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-403 James Henstridge Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:51:30 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-403 One coin I got confused about in the US was the "one dime" coin. Not only did they decide to give the value in words, they give it in a unit that isn't used on any of the other coins. Once you know it is a 10 cent coin you can see where the name comes from, but it couldn't have hurt to include a number on the coin. One coin I got confused about in the US was the “one dime” coin. Not only did they decide to give the value in words, they give it in a unit that isn’t used on any of the other coins.

Once you know it is a 10 cent coin you can see where the name comes from, but it couldn’t have hurt to include a number on the coin.

]]> By: Alan http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-402 Alan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:34:41 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-402 as a man of style and one knowledgeable of good design it caught my eye to see you use the not so stylish construction of "and/or" in your writing http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/And/or the designs aren't brilliant but I like how there is a great variation of shape in the British coins compared to the Euro coins. I do miss the old 50 pence piece and abhor the fiddly small 1 and 2 cent coppers we're stuck with (damned euro pennies are nearly as bad as the old Irish ha'pennies) as a man of style and one knowledgeable of good design it caught my eye to see you use the not so stylish construction of “and/or” in your writing
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/And/or

the designs aren’t brilliant but I like how there is a great variation of shape in the British coins compared to the Euro coins.
I do miss the old 50 pence piece and abhor the fiddly small 1 and 2 cent coppers we’re stuck with (damned euro pennies are nearly as bad as the old Irish ha’pennies)

]]> By: Murray Cumming http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-401 Murray Cumming Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-401 > @murray: There might be, but I’d assume it’s just the Queen’s head as they have now. Oh. I was hoping they would remove that. On the coins too. > @murray: There might be, but I’d assume it’s just the Queen’s head as they have now.

Oh. I was hoping they would remove that. On the coins too.

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-399 Thomas Thurman Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:11:39 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-399 @calum: I can't imagine they wouldn't have the Queen's head on the obverse, at least until we finally get a republic. (The reverse is actually the side which *doesn't* have the head on, which might be counterintuitive.) @calum: I can’t imagine they wouldn’t have the Queen’s head on the obverse, at least until we finally get a republic. (The reverse is actually the side which *doesn’t* have the head on, which might be counterintuitive.)

]]> By: calum http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-398 calum Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:03:42 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-398 @ Götz: well, almost... but then they'd need to have another competition to design the reverse side of those instead :) @ Götz: well, almost… but then they’d need to have another competition to design the reverse side of those instead :)

]]> By: Götz Waschk http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-397 Götz Waschk Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:52:17 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-397 The British should simply adapt the Euro, problem solved. The British should simply adapt the Euro, problem solved.

]]> By: Gaute Lindkvist http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-396 Gaute Lindkvist Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:14:27 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-396 I have to disagree, they look very good and they retain the classic shapes that everyone in Britain would be used to. Yes, having words on them rather than numbers may be a slight problem for tourists, but nothing they can't get over. I have to disagree, they look very good and they retain the classic shapes that everyone in Britain would be used to.

Yes, having words on them rather than numbers may be a slight problem for tourists, but nothing they can’t get over.

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-395 Thomas Thurman Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:10:47 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-395 I'm surprised people aren't making more of a fuss about the fact that the royal arms used are the English version throughout the whole UK. I’m surprised people aren’t making more of a fuss about the fact that the royal arms used are the English version throughout the whole UK.

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-394 Thomas Thurman Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:07:21 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-394 Chris: But HM Government has *not* committed to abolishing sterling, "within a practical timescale" or otherwise. These coins are the same size and shape as the coins they replace, as far as I can see, so long-term users will already be used to them. (Is the title of this post a quotation or something? I can only see one design for the penny...) Chris: But HM Government has *not* committed to abolishing sterling, “within a practical timescale” or otherwise.

These coins are the same size and shape as the coins they replace, as far as I can see, so long-term users will already be used to them.

(Is the title of this post a quotation or something? I can only see one design for the penny…)

]]> By: calum http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-393 calum Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:50:14 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/04/04/seven-new-pennies/#comment-393 > And anyway, do you optimise for people who will be using the currency for hours, or for years? The former, surely, because the people who'll be using it for years don't lose anything by having numbers rather than words on their coins. (It would be different if they were 'optimising' by changing the sizes and shapes, of course, but that's not what's happening here...) > And anyway, do you optimise for people who will be using the currency for hours, or for years?

The former, surely, because the people who’ll be using it for years don’t lose anything by having numbers rather than words on their coins. (It would be different if they were ‘optimising’ by changing the sizes and shapes, of course, but that’s not what’s happening here…)

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