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A love letter to plain text would be a bit more lovely without so much unnecessary formatting (colors, borders, and other embellishments).
by azov 9y ago
A love letter to plain text would be a bit more lovely without so much unnecessary formatting (colors, borders, and other embellishments).
- kqr 9y agoPlain text as a storage medium, not as a design element.
- paulie_a 9y agoMost design is unnecessary when it comes to plaintext. Personally I disable most fonts and limit the sizes to improve my browsing experience
- frou_dh 9y ago"Find A Way To Call TFA Author A Hypocrite" seems to be a whole genre of news aggregator comment
- bartread 9y agoI suspect it's a cheap way to gain karma/rep/internet points.
- rootlocus 9y agoOnly for articles with pretentious titles.
- coldtea 9y agoYeah, "love letter to plain text" -- who does he think he is? Such gall! /s
- mathgeek 9y agoI came in expecting the article to be pretty light on formatting, yet this one was one of the most oddly formatted articles I've read in a while. It's quite strange.
- bhrgunatha 9y agoI think it looks beautiful. And what's more, what an absolute joy to find something published on the web where the text has both good contrast, weight and width. I'm totally fed up having to use the browser's developer tools or firefox reader mode because the text has font-weight 200/300, slightly darker grey on light grey text and uses less than 30% of my screen width. It's so sad that this is such a rare treat on the web these days.
- jacquesm 9y agoYour browser should have a 'no style' option tucked away somewhere. Presentation is - according to the original web spec, not the present monstrosity - mostly the job of the client.
- adamkruszewski 9y agoIsn't "reader mode" available on some browsers almost a "no style" option? I use it exactly for that reason. I admit not every page is reader-mode-enabled but I just don't bother with those.
- manaskarekar 9y agoIn Firefox, you can select View > Page Style > None. Of course there is also the reader mode.
- venuur 9y agoAgeed! It was too painful to read on my phone. Dark red on black is a questionable design choice. I appreciate the desire to standout, but usability should trump style.
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