[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":678},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7254786":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":5,"line_source":6,"title":7,"url":8,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":64,"maker_in_thread":207,"shape":210,"grid":215,"attempts":635,"same_week":640,"maker_shows":40,"maker_hidden":670,"reader_version":671,"card":672},"7254786","I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge","title","Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge","http:\u002F\u002Falp.im\u002Fblog\u002Fmicrosoft-employee-badge-redesign","alp.im","aalpbalkan",1392674364,2014,322,152,43,2272,2,"legend","creative","visual design mockup","other",[23,24,25,26,27],"badge design","id badge","employee badge","redesign","ui mockup","curious",-0.309,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":17,"critical":33},3,37,23,65,{"design":36,"pricing":38,"privacy":41,"idea":43,"execution":45},{"positive":31,"critical":37},9,{"positive":39,"critical":40},0,1,{"positive":39,"critical":42},4,{"positive":39,"critical":44},5,{"positive":39,"critical":40},[40,31,31,39,40,31,39,31,39,39,31,31,40,17,40,31,31,31,39,31,31,31,40,40,31,40,31,40,31,17,44,39,40,17,40,39,31,40,40,40],null,{"problem":49,"audience":47,"pricing":47,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":47,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":63},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Microsoft employee badge design could be simpler and more modern","maker",[53],{"id":54,"by":10,"text":55},"7255104","Sorry to hear this happened to you :-\u002F You have a lot of valid points here. I just wanted to show we probably don't need all those details on the badge and made a proof of…",{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Show that the badge could drop much of its detail; a proof of concept",[59],{"id":54,"by":10,"text":55},[],"unknown","prototype","solo",{"praise":65,"objections":82,"requests":136,"questions":162,"alternatives":185},[66],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Clean, minimal look and good prototype effort","commenter",[70,74,78],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"7254943","mpyne","Well I'll be the constructive voice. I like it. You should be able to find email address in the corporate directory services, it's not like people are going to memorize them from…",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"7254937","reddiric","Great job putting together a prototype. Although I'm going to list specific complaints, I appreciate the effort in creating and risk in sharing, so good job and thanks. - I don't…",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"7255903","exo_duz","Great job! I'm a big fan of minimalistic design which unfortunate to say most of MS products aren't. Looking forward to more design ideas from you :)",[83,98,110,124],{"value":84,"source":68,"evidence":85},"Circular face photo is harder to recognise at a glance and not a badge convention",[86,90,94],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"7255074","kayfox","* The circle makes it hard to see at a glance if the face matches the badge, this is a big deal. * The employee number should be on the front, because this is often needed for…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"7255228","rickyc091","Yep, 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…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"7258467","normloman","Oh god, what is with the stupid \"face in a circle\"? I get that everybody's following the circle trend, but how does putting a face in a circle make your design more functional?…",{"value":99,"source":68,"evidence":100},"Removing employee info and logo has security and identification implications",[101,102,106],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"7254911","codex","- The photo is the most important feature of the badge; for security reasons, it should be as large as possible. - First and last names are not as important as one's email…",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"7255424","joncp","It's a pretty badge, but unfortunately it's a security risk. Putting identifying information on there is an opening for social engineering attacks. The employee name and anything…",{"value":111,"source":68,"evidence":112},"Redesign is trivial and does not solve a real problem",[113,116,120],{"id":114,"by":104,"text":115},"7255799","This particular design doesn't take a lot of skill to create, and I'm not sure the author knows what problem to solve. The triviality of the redesign should be embarrassing to…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"7256490","tga","Trying to \"think like a user\", with the exception of updating the logo, the badges are identical. Nobody would really notice the change, let alone care about the text alignment…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"7258122","johnward","Spending time to redesign something that doesn't matter. There is an MS joke in here somewhere.",{"value":125,"source":68,"evidence":126},"Printing constraints like margins, double-sided and color cost are not addressed",[127,131,132],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"7254982","pmorici","Cool, but they probably won't be able to adopt that design. Badges like this are made with special printers which have a minimum margin which is why most\u002Fall badge you see out…",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"7255070","richardwhiuk","So what you've changed is to center the information (not a big deal, move a whole load of useful information to the rear and use a more up to date logo. Seems pointless.…",[137,144,155],{"value":138,"source":68,"evidence":139},"Show employee name on both sides",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"7255169","Greenisus","I love it, but I have one suggestion: show the employee's name on both sides. For some reason, I have a hard time remembering names (but never forget faces), so I often glance at…",{"value":145,"source":68,"evidence":146},"Test with longer names and bad photos",[147,151],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"7256958","ohwp","A lot of designers make one big mistake. They design the content too. But content can't be designed. For example the name. All his designs use short names because they look…",{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"7256973","cormullion","One suggestion when doing address-book related design work is to add names such as Jet Li, Arianna Stassinopoulos, Ho Chi Minh, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Prince (or more…",{"value":156,"source":68,"evidence":157},"Make the name larger for readability",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"7256704","WalterBright","I'd make the name larger. Not everybody has 20 year old eyesight.",[163,174],{"value":164,"source":68,"evidence":165},"Why is the employee number sensitive information",[166,170],{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"7254947","Scaevolus","First names aren't necessarily the 'most important' -- especially for names that aren't of European origin. Employee number isn't sensitive information.",{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"7258034","aestra","So why is the employee id sensitive information? Why do you care that your badge picture is ugly? Seriously? Do you also expect to take a picture of you kayaking at the lake to…",{"value":175,"source":68,"evidence":176},"Why is a physical badge needed at all instead of a phone or NFC",[177,181],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"7254889","magic_haze","I don't understand why a badge is necessary in the first place. Won't NFC on a phone suffice?",{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"7256681","pitchups","Not to be a contrarian, but am I the only one who finds the entire concept of badges antiquated to begin with. With today's technology, why not use RFIDs or a smartphone that…",[186,193,200],{"value":187,"source":68,"evidence":188},"Google's dual-sided RFID badge design",[189],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"7257557","jrockway","I like Google's badges: * Dual-sided, so it's never facing the wrong way out. 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