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Inconsistent use of slashed zero?
In Mac 8.2.2-6.BETA, zeros in some credit card fields are slashed, while others are not. Is this intended?
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11 Replies
- K_J__1P
1Password Team
The change was reverted because it font rendering issues in some locations. The issue is being revisited.
Thanks for your patience!
- K_J__1P
1Password Team
I'm seeing slashed zeroes on fields except for "text" fields like username and notes. I'm following up to see if this is intentional or not. Thanks!
- Former Member
As of the latest nightly release of 1Password 8
I'm not seeing it yet: 80202068, on NIGHTLY channel.
- K_J__1P
1Password Team
Thanks so much for the feedback! As of the latest nightly release of 1Password 8, all zeroes are slashed and should be consistent regardless of field.
- ag_michaelc
1Password Team
Thank you, all. Your feedback is truly appreciated, and I hope we see a change come out of this discussion soon! :smile:
- Former Member
Good design should not so burden the user.
This. I think you shoot for consistency and do slashed zeros in all fields.
- Former Member
I'm not sure I agree. The tradeoff only exists in the abstract. If in a single display a user sees some round shapes, and some round shapes with a slash, then they could, on the basis of no other information, conclude that all of the former are the letter "O", and all of latter are the numeral zero. It requires more scrutiny and reasoning about the implications of various field types and values to carry out the logic of readability you describe. Good design should not so burden the user. The obvious interpretation should be the interpretation. Note that the set of allowable values is not even clear from a field name: sometimes a license number is inaccurately named and can contain letters.
- Former Member
I've no strong opinion here, but I did want to point out that if a slashed zero is for readability it's really only important in fields that contain both O and 0. A credit card number is only going to contain 0. But if's consistency is the goal, you'd want a slashed zero in both. It seems like an interesting tradeoff!
- K_J__1P
1Password Team
Thank you for sharing your preferences and again for the incredible catch! I've filed an issue with our design team. Cheers!
- Former Member
My preference would be to use (or provide an option to use) slashed zeros in ALL fields in which a zero could occur, including textual notes. As you note, the whole point is to maximize visual discrimination of O from 0, which is desirable every place a zero could occur.
The current behavior isn't even consistent, as the credit number seen here in the overview column does not show the slashed zero.