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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by agumonkey on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:04AM (#16158184)
what would you call regular re-evaluation of a system ? hygiene ?
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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by Joe-Z on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:11AM (#16158240)
I think we use different words in different contexts: Refactoring, Maintenance come to mind for software engineering.

Don't know what the equivalent in the graphics design world would be.

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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by fredley on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:12AM (#16158252)
This is not graphic design, it is UX. Graphic design is a component of UX, sometimes, but not here necessarily. Simply reordering the list, and giving it a hierarchy makes it much easier to see what to do: https://twitter.com/iamlucamilan/status/953201356545974272
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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by whatever_dude on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:51AM (#16159599)
I normally use "code health" or "scout's rule", but it's more about the implementation than the design.

"Hygiene" is a great word overall, for both cases.

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