June 18th, 2013

Microspeak: to family well

If you hang out with designers, you may hear the word family used as a verb, usually with the adverb well.

The old icons now look dated and do not family well with the Web site.

We renamed the feature from Auto Shape to Instant Shape so that it families well with other features like Instant Color.

The authenticity certificate on the side of the box should family well with the design on the front of the box.

From context, it appears that to family well basically means to be harmonious or consistent with.

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Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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