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Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read

by jrib 4y ago

Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read against the site's background color. Are you able to style links so they are easier to read against the site's background color?

wakamoleguy 4y ago
Specifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
- DanielVZ 4y ago
  Yeah, my dark theme is broken right now :( I’ll try to fix it later today
- yreg 4y ago
  what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/KGfQzva https://imgur.com/a/KGfQzva
jspash 4y ago
Aha! I was wondered why people were commenting how the default link colour - which has been in existence for what, 30 years now? has suddenly become unreadable. It's dark mode! The abomination that will never darken my doorstep, nor my monitor. I'm definitely in a minority on this one.
- samstave 4y ago
  Actually, I prefer 100% of my sites to be in dark mode!!! should be 'dark mode first' https://i.imgur.com/NopbI8t.png https://i.imgur.com/NopbI8t.png https://i.imgur.com/Eqjxo1U.png https://i.imgur.com/Eqjxo1U.png
- ablob 4y ago
  The default link color wasn't made for dark mode, therefore it stands to reason that it will not have an optimal readability then. It hasn't suddenly become unreadable, the requirements changed. And under the new requirements it is not readable for many people. I wonder if calling a color scheme that arguably reduces eye-strain and increases battery life on modern monitors an abomination is a good idea. These kinds of stances usually result in unconstructive arguments. Luckily we aren't constrained to a dark mode, or a light mode for that matter. So everyone can choose what they consider the best for them.

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Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read

by jrib 4y ago

wakamoleguy 4y ago
Specifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
- DanielVZ 4y ago
  Yeah, my dark theme is broken right now :( I’ll try to fix it later today
- yreg 4y ago
  what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/KGfQzva https://imgur.com/a/KGfQzva
jspash 4y ago
Aha! I was wondered why people were commenting how the default link colour - which has been in existence for what, 30 years now? has suddenly become unreadable. It's dark mode! The abomination that will never darken my doorstep, nor my monitor. I'm definitely in a minority on this one.
- samstave 4y ago
  Actually, I prefer 100% of my sites to be in dark mode!!! should be 'dark mode first' https://i.imgur.com/NopbI8t.png https://i.imgur.com/NopbI8t.png https://i.imgur.com/Eqjxo1U.png https://i.imgur.com/Eqjxo1U.png
- ablob 4y ago
  The default link color wasn't made for dark mode, therefore it stands to reason that it will not have an optimal readability then. It hasn't suddenly become unreadable, the requirements changed. And under the new requirements it is not readable for many people. I wonder if calling a color scheme that arguably reduces eye-strain and increases battery life on modern monitors an abomination is a good idea. These kinds of stances usually result in unconstructive arguments. Luckily we aren't constrained to a dark mode, or a light mode for that matter. So everyone can choose what they consider the best for them.