See what I mean? Can you see IT? The ’1′ is off centre. Instead of being optically centred, it’s geometrically centred. So it just looks wrong. Really, what happened there, Steve? Where did all that love for typography and attention to detail go? Out the fucking window of your silver Merc, that’s where.
Perhaps this is some kind of cruel April Fools joke from Cupertino. Maybe they are all at the office, hahahing at their clever joke. OK. I don’t find it fucking funny, but I understand your desire to torture your users.
But what about if it’s not? What about if May 1st comes and the ’1′ goes off centre again. What will it happen then? Would they issue an iPhone recall? Would they fix this in iPhone 5? Would Steve send emails saying that we are looking at the screen in the wrong way? Would he argue that all phones have the ’1′ incorrectly centred? Would Apple give us transparent vinyl overlays correctly aligned ’1′ to place over the iPhone every first? Can this really be fixed in a future software patch? Would Apple’s spokesperson John Gruber said that Android’s number ’1′ sucks so much that it actually looks like a ’2′?
Seriously, I’m not even bloody joking here. This ’1′ centre alignment is the biggest bollocking to come out of Cupertino since they released their veggie burger mouse.
Fuck this. I keep looking at it and it’s driving me bonkers. I’m turning the iPhone off today.
Nodeity
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 9:50 AMOf all the issues I would have with the Iphone, and all things “Apple”,.. this would not rate a mention,.. Seriously,… the 1 is off center!!.. it’s not even that noticeable!!… :}
Luke
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 9:53 AMjesus christ man do you want a fucking tissue so you can cry some more?
Apollo
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:10 AMYeah i think ill take my Super Amoled over your “Imperfect Retina BS” any day mate :)
Danny
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:12 AMActually it’s just an April fools joke. Only happens on the 1st April 2011. Came with the last IOS update and will be fixedby the next one. I can’t post it here but if you look at the source code you can see it was done on purpose.
Danny
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:16 AMAnd you the author should get a message from Steve Jobs soon asking you to get a life. Never heard a bigger rant abOut shit in my life.
Danny
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:19 AMOh and did you also notice that the clock icons next to it seems to be showing the wrong and if you squint your eyes just right you’ll see the distance between the 5 and 6 is not proportionate to the rest of the clock. Shock horror…. I’ll have to get an android phone now cause I can’t live with this in perfection.
Exaemo
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 6:53 PMQuit ranting about ranting.
Jordan Grey
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 9:15 PMyeah, that’s the reason you should be getting an android phone… not coz it’s better or anything
David Williams
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:17 AMHere here! If we keep letting the corporate war machine put numbers wherever they want, soon enough we’ll be getting those damn offcentered numbers branded on the back of our necks; it’ll be 1984 all over again. Fight the power!
Nicholas
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM+1
You made me lol xD
Dylan Griffiths
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:25 AMI was really hoping the post date was April 1, but sadly it’s not.
Bryce
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:25 AMGet a life.
Bernhard de Kok
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:28 AMYou’re obviously blind as a bat or easily taken in by optical tricks and illusions.
The serif at the top of the number causes the offset and the bulk of the number, the vertical stroke, then appears offset to the right. But if you draw a line down the outside of the serif and measure the distance to the icon edge, you’ll find it is exactly the same as the distance between the number and the right side of the icon; therefore it is centred.
P.S. Get a life.
Mitch
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:36 AMQuote from article: “Instead of being optically centered, it’s geometrically centred.”
You just explained why it is geometrically centred.
Nicholas
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:37 AM“Instead of being optically centered, it’s geometrically centred.”
That’s why he said it, it should be centred around the vertical line of the 1, rather than the 1 as a whole ^.-
olearymo
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 3:32 PM^ this
the ’1′ is exactly on centre. measure the pixel width of the entire numeral (NOT just the vertical stalk) and you’ll see it’s perfectly centered.
What you seem to want is the middle vertical bit centered. That’d be a bit like having a ‘J’ centered on the vertical bit… the hook would be too far to the left.
Richard Djordjevic
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 5:56 PMI believe that is why he said “Instead of being optically centered, it’s geometrically centred”
Dave
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 1:45 AMIt is centered, but the fact that the serif is quite large means that offsetting the 1 slightly so that the stem is a little closer to the middle of the frame means that it’s better balanced in terms of positive and negative space.
In that respect I get where he’s coming from, considering apple are typically SUPREMELY anal retentive with the aesthetics of their products and in the scheme of things, centering text nicely is a pretty fundamental skill for a GUI/icon/graphic designer to have.
This post is pretty pointless though, someone was obviously in the mood for a rant or pressed for something to write about, though I’d prefer to see this nonsense over the all too common half-baked tech reviews or dubious ($$?) iPhone/Pad posts which always seem a little too in favour of Apple.
Ben Harring-Harris
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:45 AMi trashed my iphone due to this exact issue, how dare they insult our intelligence like that!? symbian for life!
Sigh
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 6:45 PMI gave my iPhone awaly to my daughter ages ago – for much simpler reason than this…
It was a great gadget, but a very average phone, and I wanted a phone.
Edmond
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:03 AMDammit Steve.. Now I am going to have to bulid my own phone.. with beer.. and hookers.. INFACT! Forget the Phone!
Rod
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:18 AMThe world would be a happier place without serifs, obviously.
Zahli
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 12:33 PMPlease release this guy from his contract so he can join the fox ‘news’ team immediately.
huu
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 1:06 PMhahaha OCD
Matt
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 2:57 PMYeah. I’m not reading Gizmodo anymore.
Zamil Mattar
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 4:44 PMhahaaha…. hahaha…out of all the other issues that the iPhone has you pick on this? Get a life dude, the world isn’t made for you.
Steve
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 4:48 PMThis is unbelievable.
Bitch bitch bitch.
Dan
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 4:49 PMahh, first world problems.
Derek
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 5:37 PMDEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRP
Newtown Mack
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 5:43 PMWhy are Gizmodo writers treating this site more and more like a personal blog these days?
Rick
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 7:54 PMI agree, that is annoying!
Rowan Smith
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 8:36 PMThe original article was posted on April 1st
http://gizmodo.com/#!5788166/why-the-fck-is-the-1-on-the-iphones-calendar-off-center
Donar
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 8:52 PMNice rant, Jesus. Do NOT get a life, the one you have is entertaining enough. :)
Tom
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 1:40 AMI took this article as a joke…
Assuming the author is American, he would’ve posted this on his April 1st.
I actually laughed at his rage and found all of this funny.
The people saying “get a life”, I say to you, “get a sense of humour”.
Bernie Russell
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 7:27 AMomg…. I can’t believe how many wankers commented thinking you are serious!
Funny Jesus D!
Bernie Russell
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 7:32 AMi.e. this is a humorous piece, regardless of weather the 1 is off center or the date it was posted…