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OK, I'll bite. - Why does the circle make it harder to see at a glance? This doesn't seem to be true at all. - If you can't stop someone, you're not going to
by nemesisj 13y ago
OK, I'll bite.
- Why does the circle make it harder to see at a glance? This doesn't seem to be true at all.
- If you can't stop someone, you're not going to be able to read the number on the badge. I don't see any reason why your employee number should be on the front. It definitely doesn't enhance security at all. People faking badges can fake numbers too.
- I'm not sure about your points re: cost or smaller employers, I mean, sure, but I can't imagine that cost would be a huge barrier - more likely changing out equipment would be.
- Badget photo backgrounds probably need to be plain, but as long as it's a photo you can be reasonably recognised from, I'm not sure what it matters. Simply by growing a beard you can become pretty hard to recognise from your badge photo from 5 years ago.
- I agree that the employment classification is probably good to have on the badge, but only because of annoying BigCo obsession about it. In practice, I'm not sure why it would matter much. When I worked at a big company it was just a political tool to remind consultants they were inferior.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWhy does the circle make it harder to see at a glance? I think I see what he is saying. It takes my eyes a moment or three longer to "digest" the person I am looking at in the concept examples, and to my non-artistic not-a-photographer mind, it looks like an issue of framing.
- rickyc091 13y agoYep, I think that's probably it. When have you seen a person with their head tilted one direction in an ID photo. When is the background any color other than white as well? I think the Ahmet Balkan sample ID at the top of the post would be the most accurate identification photo.
- sliverstorm 13y agoThe other thing for me, I think, is the circle matches the shape of a person's face. Obviously I don't think the circle is a face, but it's easier to quickly resolve a circle inside a square, than a circle inside a circle. (Don't get me wrong, it does look nicer when round.)
- kayfox 13y agoThe photo is actually very small if you print it on a badge, about 3/4 or 7/8 of an inch (the width of the badge is roughly 2.125 inches).
- flibertgibit 13y ago> - If you can't stop someone, you're not going to be able to read the number on the badge. Ever heard of cameras?
- vacri 13y agoEver seen security camera footage?
- ozim 13y agoEver seen CSI? Enhance!
- zabraxias 13y agoSometimes I have to upvote sarcasm :)
- jmccree 13y ago1080P security cameras and above are easily available, and likely affordable to a company like MS.
- scott_karana 13y agoLighting is typically the bigger issue, but you're right: Microsoft has the resources to do security cameras "right". :)
- aragot 13y agoRFID instead of number?
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- IE5point5 13y ago> - Why does the circle make it harder to see at a glance? This doesn't seem to be true at all. Ok lets try this another way… WHY a circle. Different for the sake of being different?