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> attempt at readability I find HN and other "brutalist" designs much more readable than most "pretty" layouts. I've had extended arguments with old school pri
by h2odragon 4y ago
> attempt at readability
I find HN and other "brutalist" designs much more readable than most "pretty" layouts. I've had extended arguments with old school print people (as in, we were laying out columns on boards with tack wax) over the subject of column width and why did we even have columns at all?
My conclusion has been that most of those "design principles" about readability and so forth are religious tenets with no relation to the real world.
- PaulHoule 4y agoI don't know what is but it seems a lot of people would rather die than use Ctrl + and Ctrl - to adjust web pages so they look good for them.
- analog31 4y agoThis is a feature. It means the design is compatible with basic adaptive technology that lets us tailor it to our individual physical needs. The more beautiful the design, the more rigid it becomes.
- shanebellone 4y agoAlso, Web Accessibility suffers across the board. It's extremely difficult to meet these requirements/standards with a design-first mentality. https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/WCAG2Checklist.pdf https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/WCAG2Checklist.pdf
- jollyllama 4y agoYes, the OP is conflating several things here. For example, with HN, maybe you could say it's brutalist, but readability is much better than comments in Facebook, Disqus, etc. It's difficult to directly address OP's comment with this conflation, I'm not sure what's being referred to.