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For some reason these just look unreadable to me, a huge wall of text and just too much information thrown at me at once from all sorts of random topics that I
by enlyth 4y ago
For some reason these just look unreadable to me, a huge wall of text and just too much information thrown at me at once from all sorts of random topics that I may or may not care about.
I actually really enjoy the newspaper style visual layout, even if they use stock photos. It makes it easier to navigate with my mind.
The ads and bloat can all be solved by installing an ad blocker.
- axg11 4y agoYou're not wrong. This is how the internet used to look like. Modern web layouts and designs evolved to be this way because they result in higher engagement metrics.
- drewzero1 4y agoThere's also the fact that screens have gotten so much bigger since the early web. A wall of text didn't look as much like a wall when it was in a 640x480 window. (Minus a couple of banner ads, of course!)
- hombre_fatal 4y agoWell, higher engagement metrics seems like a cynical way to say "more readable" especially given the parent comment's complaint. You don't need commercial interests to think about UX. The early web looked the way it did mostly due to hobbyism and undeveloped UX standards that we take for granted today.
- axg11 4y agoI didn’t intend to use engagement metrics in a negative way. We also have to note that the audience has changed. The audience of the early web was very different to the average audience today (almost everyone).