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is this a criticism of the linked site, or HN? ... and to stay on topic, .org may not be credible, but the indistinguishable-at-a-glace .ong is absolutely vett
by dogecoinbase 5y ago
is this a criticism of the linked site, or HN?
... and to stay on topic, .org may not be credible, but the indistinguishable-at-a-glace .ong is absolutely vetted. So keep an eye our for that ;)
- SamBam 5y agoThe linked site, obviously. It handily fails accessibility guidelines, far more-so than HN.
- the_pwner224 5y agoThe gray text is intentionally used for this purpose on HN.
- gnicholas 5y agoThis is arguably still an accessibility concern because there's no easy way to make the text readable. Perhaps hovering over it could make it show in black? I've tried highlighting it, but that doesn't work very well because my highlight color is light blue by default (I think I could change it but wouldn't do so just for this purpose).
- cfjgvjh 5y agoI'm on Firefox and it has a pretty deep blue for highlight color. Maybe it's an accessibility concern of the browser as opposed to HN? I don't think making the text lighter interferes with screen readers for example.
- gnicholas 5y agoYes, but people who have normal-ish vision don't have or know how to use dedicated screen readers. I could figure out how to have my browser or OS read aloud, but I generally don't want to have things read out loud to me. I just want to be able to read them visually. I think my highlight color is set at the OS level, at least on my Mac.
- vulcan01 5y agoIf you click on the timestamp (i.e. "2 hours ago") you will get a fully readable comment.
- computator 5y agoThat only works if you're logged into Hacker News.
- gnicholas 5y agoWow, have been on this site for nearly a decade and I just learned two things! I wonder why there is different greying behavior for people who are logged in?