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Another Survey

4:30 PM - December 4th, 2005

Help sate my curiosity while possibly guiding the future of Duality by answering the following questions. Again, no iPod drawing.

Questions

  1. Does your computer have the font Gill Sans?
  2. Have you changed browsers since May 31st? If so, what browser and version do you use? (ignore if you use Firefox)
  3. Is the gamma setting on your monitor closer to the Mac default or Windows default?
  4. Do you like blue?
  5. Am I the last DS owner that doesn’t have Mario Kart DS?
  6. Is the DS Nintendo’s first dual-screen device?

Remember, feedback makes everything better… except noise factor.

15 Responses to “Another Survey”

  1. bigi says:

    1. No.
    2. No. I use both IE and Firefox too btw.
    3. Windows. Hardly use PB anymore..
    4. My DS is blue.
    5. Yes.
    6. Is this a trick question? Was there a version of NES with two screens or something before?

  2. Xero says:

    1. Nope
    2. Still got Firefox, though it’s version 1.0.7 now
    3. uhh…no clue…probably windows
    4. It’s my favorite color
    5. Now that Bigi has it, yes, you are the last ;)
    6. [man, I told you the answer, don’t ruin it! —Ed.]

  3. Lloyd Nebres says:
    1. Gill Sans has long been one of my favorite type families. Long ago, in the early 90s, we purchased Monotype Gill Sans for the ATDP font collection, and we used it extensively in our brochures and print publications. I haven’t seen it much on a websites, though, so I’d be intrigued to see your implementation of text and design. (I suspect Gill Sans is a bit too ‘thin’ for comfortable onscreen reading of extensive bodies of text; but please, prove me wrong.)
    2. Nope, same browser: latest Saf, on Panther, 10.3.9
    3. Mac default, naturally.
    4. Depends on the context. ;p Many weblogs I read regularly (and love) hew towards the blue spectrum, designwise. But generally, yeah, blue is cool. Don’t tell me you’re doing blue again, when this site is already blued? ;p
    5. …uh, what’s Mario Kart DS? ::chuckle::
    6. No clue.
  4. Lloyd Nebres says:

    Whoa. I did that as an ordered list, Quad, with tags. Guess that’s not allowed. ;p Fix, please? (I can’t re-edit it.)

  5. Dan says:

    1. Nooo… *goes and checks* Actually… Yes. Yes, it does.
    2. *ignore*
    3. Windows
    4. Blue is OK, but another color wouldn’t be bad either.
    5. I don’t own Mario Kart DS, but then again, I don’t own a DS. Want to get them for me? I would be forever grateful. ;D
    6. Since you asked the question, isn’t the answer ‘no’?

  6. Kass says:

    1. Yes.
    2. Moo.
    3. Windows. I’d assume.
    4. Blue is a cop out. But yes, I still like it.
    5. You’d know better than me.
    6. Game & Watch. ^_^

    (man, I hope that LJ goes through…)

  7. bigi says:

    I FOUND THE ANSWER!
    You guys are all wrong.

    http://www.agum.com/images/nes_ds.jpg
    This was the first Nintendo system with two screens!

  8. Kass says:

    It’s also a really crappy Paint job.

  9. Kass says:

    And it’s playing two DIFFERENT games at the same time. >_>

  10. Quad says:

    I can’t believe you didn’t use a Spelunker screenshot. And you know—going to confirm it—the Game & Watch game that I know is dual-screen (DK 1982) also came out before the NES (1983).

    And hey, no one mentioned the Virtual Boy =)

    Lloyd
    I’ll definitely be looking into the input funkiness of the comment box after the design gets close to completion.

    Gill Sans is very nice font. I won’t be using it as the body font, but for embellishments. I’m trying to decide whether to go with text or images. Btw, have you noticed that Tiger chunk-ifies all text? I’m not sure if Panther does too, but text in Tiger looks noticeably thicker than in Jaguar. Kinda annoying when I want the slimmer look.

  11. Kass says:

    http://www.gameandwatch.com/screen/multiscreen/index.html

  12. Wako says:

    …am I too late?

    1. Yessir
    2. *whistle*
    3. Windows
    4. No.
    5. YES. THE very last. In the universe.
    6. Aww, I love old-school Donkey Kong! I’ll let you guys keep debating. Hehe.

  13. bigi says:

    > And it’s playing two DIFFERENT games at the same time.

    Why do you think two controllers are plugged in at the same time? :D

  14. Yi Yi says:

    1. I believe so.
    2. (Ignores)
    3. Windows.
    4. I like it enough, but it’s boring.
    5. Duh, Quad, jeez, what a loser. I mean, how could you?
    6. The answer is B) 452 kJ/mol o.o Somehow.

  15. Lloyd Nebres says:

    Whoa. Or, as people here are wont to exclaim… “ZOMG!” ;p

    What’s to zomg about? Well, one of my all-time favorite, classic sources on typography has migrated to the web. That is, been applied to the web.

    It’s Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web … must-reading for any of y’all web-designer types out there. Or for anyone, really, who cares about typography and web-readability.

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