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Hey, author here. You're right, this could be more clear. The takeaway is supposed to be that it's not as though HQ is in Cleveland or Cincinnati where there's

Hey, author here. You're right, this could be more clear. The takeaway is supposed to be that it's not as though HQ is in Cleveland or Cincinnati where there's a lot less competition for tech jobs - but I can see how the wording is weird!

commentzorro 11y ago
Stop with the gray text on the white background. On the device I'm on I can't make out the text well enough to read comfortably, so I bailed. And realistically I won't come back to the article on another device later on.
- kristianp 11y ago
  Agreed, see http://contrastrebellion.com/ http://contrastrebellion.com/ . We can't all be on the highest contrast screens and have perfect eyesight. The font should be black.
  - Nadya 11y ago
    See also: http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ Although with proper line spacing and font size and a lowered contrast the effect is diminished. People tend to lower the contrast too much or don't set a comfortable line spacing. The problem? Most people don't read their own site often enough.
    - joshdickson 11y ago
      I wrote the entire code base; I look at it, use it, and read posts every day.
  - joshdickson 11y ago
    I understand the sentiment (and we'll be improving the overall contrast issue), but just saying the font should be black doesn't help anyone. White is still the overwhelmingly most popular background color for text online, and nobody is doing black text on white; this also becomes uncomfortable for many readers. We(I) made some guesses about what looked good on our test devices, and it turns out the general consensus is it should be a little heavier and a little darker. Certainly not black, though.
- joshdickson 11y ago
  We're in beta and weren't expecting the post to be widely read, so we are still tweaking things. Appreciate the feedback.
robszumski 11y ago
One thing I've used to great success is to detect pixel density and bump up the font-weight for those users. CSS snippet: .co-m-text-light { font-weight: 500; } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.3), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 13/10), only screen and (min-resolution: 120dpi) { .co-m-text-light { font-weight: 300; } }

commentzorro 11y ago

Stop with the gray text on the white background. On the device I'm on I can't make out the text well enough to read comfortably, so I bailed. And realistically I won't come back to the article on another device later on.

kristianp 11y ago
Agreed, see http://contrastrebellion.com/ http://contrastrebellion.com/ . We can't all be on the highest contrast screens and have perfect eyesight. The font should be black.
- Nadya 11y ago
  See also: http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ Although with proper line spacing and font size and a lowered contrast the effect is diminished. People tend to lower the contrast too much or don't set a comfortable line spacing. The problem? Most people don't read their own site often enough.
  - joshdickson 11y ago
    I wrote the entire code base; I look at it, use it, and read posts every day.
- joshdickson 11y ago
  I understand the sentiment (and we'll be improving the overall contrast issue), but just saying the font should be black doesn't help anyone. White is still the overwhelmingly most popular background color for text online, and nobody is doing black text on white; this also becomes uncomfortable for many readers. We(I) made some guesses about what looked good on our test devices, and it turns out the general consensus is it should be a little heavier and a little darker. Certainly not black, though.
joshdickson 11y ago
We're in beta and weren't expecting the post to be widely read, so we are still tweaking things. Appreciate the feedback.

robszumski 11y ago

One thing I've used to great success is to detect pixel density and bump up the font-weight for those users. CSS snippet: .co-m-text-light { font-weight: 500; } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.3), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 13/10), only screen and (min-resolution: 120dpi) { .co-m-text-light { font-weight: 300; } }