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An aside: Why did thenextweb's editorial designer choose the image of a guy peering darkly through what looks like a M-mount Micro-4/3rds lens adapter to occupy
by fish2000 14y ago
An aside: Why did thenextweb's editorial designer choose the image of a guy peering darkly through what looks like a M-mount Micro-4/3rds lens adapter to occupy this article's prime page real-estate?
Assuming that the illustrations' intent was to convey the notion of scrutiny (like with a jewlers' loop or somesuch) – even if the reader buys this premise, is it the Nokia system supposed to be what is doing the peering, or some unseen black-hat?... or is it, like, an admonishment for the reader to remain observant and unblinking in watchful monocular vigilance, not allowing a single encrypted TCP packet to escape our panoptic awareness?
But it doesn't actually look like a loupe, so that's giving thenextweb's art direction a bit too much – maybe this image was meant for a review of that new EVF-equipped Leica M-system, and was used here in an innocent mix-up?
Look, I realize that the zeitgeist of “publication design“ is whatever a Google Image search turns up for an articles' keywords, but this is indicative of the cloud of editorial apathy that hangs over online publications and thwarts the evolution of a distinct visual language for the web.
Normally I try to keep my HN comments within the scope of the postings' explicit subject, but this particularly vexing example is worth the tangental note.