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Yes! I have good eyesight but still frequently zoom for various reasons. The main one is small images and diagrams on responsive websites. Another is clicking s

by nicbou 5y ago

Yes! I have good eyesight but still frequently zoom for various reasons. The main one is small images and diagrams on responsive websites. Another is clicking small clustered links. In the same vein, if you use images on your responsive website, consider linking to the full size version.

imglorp 5y ago
What's really weird is how some sites go out of their way to do this. IG for example, even on desktop, presents a fixed size image and prevents right-click operations on the image. Meanwhile, the full resolution image is actually available if you know how your browser works. Another example is video controls like scrub and speed being unavailable. I would buy this if they downscaled everything before storing it; that would actually make sense. But it seems like they just want to "curate" your "experience"?
- kps 5y ago
  > prevents right-click operations In Firefox, Shift-right always presents the browser context menu. It's one of the few distinguishing features they haven't screwed up yet.
tombert 5y ago
I have decent eyesight post-LASIK, but I have a lot of trouble reading small text. I almost always read books in large-print if it's available, and the Kindle has been a godsend for this particular reason. I've been tested for dyslexia and I don't have it, I just have a weird brain that has trouble with small text. 95% of the time this is a complete non-issue for me, since my monitor (for home and work) is a 50" 4k TV and I just abuse the zoom-in feature in Firefox and I'm good, but when the site actively disables zooming, it feels like an almost directed attack towards people like me: Tombert need not read this website.
- nicbou 5y ago
  Hey, this is an issue I'd like to work on. My eyesight is good but not as good as before, and it made me reconsider my font and contrast choices on allaboutberlin.com. I find myself zooming a lot more too. Can you tell me what you think of the font sizes? Is it readable enough? Is there room for improvement?
  - tombert 5y ago
    I'll say that that it's fairly readable immediately, but I did find myself zooming to 170% in Firefox. I'm not a designer but I don't think it looks terrible at that percentage, and I personally found it a bit more readable.
    - nicbou 5y ago
      Thanks for the feedback! I'm testing a larger font on desktop. It should also shorten the lines to about 90 characters.

by nicbou 5y ago

imglorp 5y ago

What's really weird is how some sites go out of their way to do this. IG for example, even on desktop, presents a fixed size image and prevents right-click operations on the image. Meanwhile, the full resolution image is actually available if you know how your browser works. Another example is video controls like scrub and speed being unavailable. I would buy this if they downscaled everything before storing it; that would actually make sense. But it seems like they just want to "curate" your "experience"?

kps 5y ago
> prevents right-click operations In Firefox, Shift-right always presents the browser context menu. It's one of the few distinguishing features they haven't screwed up yet.

tombert 5y ago

I have decent eyesight post-LASIK, but I have a lot of trouble reading small text. I almost always read books in large-print if it's available, and the Kindle has been a godsend for this particular reason. I've been tested for dyslexia and I don't have it, I just have a weird brain that has trouble with small text. 95% of the time this is a complete non-issue for me, since my monitor (for home and work) is a 50" 4k TV and I just abuse the zoom-in feature in Firefox and I'm good, but when the site actively disables zooming, it feels like an almost directed attack towards people like me: Tombert need not read this website.

nicbou 5y ago
Hey, this is an issue I'd like to work on. My eyesight is good but not as good as before, and it made me reconsider my font and contrast choices on allaboutberlin.com. I find myself zooming a lot more too. Can you tell me what you think of the font sizes? Is it readable enough? Is there room for improvement?
- tombert 5y ago
  I'll say that that it's fairly readable immediately, but I did find myself zooming to 170% in Firefox. I'm not a designer but I don't think it looks terrible at that percentage, and I personally found it a bit more readable.
  - nicbou 5y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! I'm testing a larger font on desktop. It should also shorten the lines to about 90 characters.