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I hear you. Thanks for the feedback. I'm planning on toning down the color scheme a lot now. I'll post further updates on the issue that you or someone else has

I hear you. Thanks for the feedback. I'm planning on toning down the color scheme a lot now. I'll post further updates on the issue that you or someone else has raised on github: https://github.com/swalladge/swalladge.net/issues/1 https://github.com/swalladge/swalladge.net/issues/1 The site should work nicely in reader view or through an rss reader which could be a temporary option until I can fix it. Sorry for the inconvenience :/

markwakeford 7y ago
Interestingly enough using Chrome on OSX it looked nothing like those screenshots and didn't bother me at all. I am also red green colour blind.
- Carpetsmoker 7y ago
  It has everything to do with the chosen font and how font-weight: 300 is displayed. The font-family is set to sans-serif and on my Linux system, it selects DejaVu Sans ExtraLight, which looks like that. This is actually one reason to use webfonts, since you can be reasonably(ish) sure it looks more or less the same for everyone.
  - swalladge 7y ago
    Yep I think you've hit it. I've removed the custom font-weight so things should display normally with the user defined browser fonts as expected now.
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    > This is actually one reason to use webfonts, since you can be reasonably(ish) sure it looks more or less the same for everyone. This seems to be a general conflict between "it should look like the person who made it intended it" and "it should look like I want it to". For instance prescribing fonts and colors gives you a nice uniform look, but causes problems with dark themes or wanting other fonts, not to mention hijacking scrolling for fancy effects. Similarly, clientside decorations make apps like chrome look similar on all OSs, but also out of place on all of them.
    - pdonis 7y ago
      If you're writing a blog post, IMO you shouldn't care about how the site looks, other than it being easy to read. The best way to make it easy to read is black text on a white background and no clutter (the latter, to be fair, is something this site does well).
swalladge 7y ago
Resolution: tweaked the font colours to be higher contrast and removed custom absolute font-weights. Please let me know if there are other accessibility issues with the site. :)
- pdonis 7y ago
  The font is easier to see now, but the background being as dark as it is still makes the font harder to read than if the background were white or something much closer to it.
mehrdadn 7y ago
Is it just me or do both of those look blurry? I want to poke my eyes out...

markwakeford 7y ago

Interestingly enough using Chrome on OSX it looked nothing like those screenshots and didn't bother me at all. I am also red green colour blind.

Carpetsmoker 7y ago
It has everything to do with the chosen font and how font-weight: 300 is displayed. The font-family is set to sans-serif and on my Linux system, it selects DejaVu Sans ExtraLight, which looks like that. This is actually one reason to use webfonts, since you can be reasonably(ish) sure it looks more or less the same for everyone.
- swalladge 7y ago
  Yep I think you've hit it. I've removed the custom font-weight so things should display normally with the user defined browser fonts as expected now.
- diffeomorphism 7y ago
  > This is actually one reason to use webfonts, since you can be reasonably(ish) sure it looks more or less the same for everyone. This seems to be a general conflict between "it should look like the person who made it intended it" and "it should look like I want it to". For instance prescribing fonts and colors gives you a nice uniform look, but causes problems with dark themes or wanting other fonts, not to mention hijacking scrolling for fancy effects. Similarly, clientside decorations make apps like chrome look similar on all OSs, but also out of place on all of them.
  - pdonis 7y ago
    If you're writing a blog post, IMO you shouldn't care about how the site looks, other than it being easy to read. The best way to make it easy to read is black text on a white background and no clutter (the latter, to be fair, is something this site does well).

swalladge 7y ago

Resolution: tweaked the font colours to be higher contrast and removed custom absolute font-weights. Please let me know if there are other accessibility issues with the site. :)

pdonis 7y ago
The font is easier to see now, but the background being as dark as it is still makes the font harder to read than if the background were white or something much closer to it.

mehrdadn 7y ago

Is it just me or do both of those look blurry? I want to poke my eyes out...