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I honestly prefer the original version without css. Plain browser styles have a kind of raw beauty that it's very hard to surpass.

bombcar 4y ago
In my mind "raw browser" look corresponds with "almost insane details coming" as the only sites still using that are often run by people who are WAY more concerned with the content they want to talk about than with the presentation.
- galangalalgol 4y ago
  Um, shouldn't all people be WAY more concerned with the content than the presentation? I don't want to read stream of consciousness with occasional lack of spaces and random case, but I'd really prefer to only read websites by people who give zero effs to presentation, and I had prior to this moment assumed everyone agreed, but that it was fun to do presentation, so people did. There are people who care about the presentation of what they are reading on even close to the same level of the content itself?!
  - NoToP 4y ago
    You would be astounded how many people care about the form and not the function. They live among us. They vote.
  - rerdavies 4y ago
    If you care about your content, you should care about readability and navigability.
tinus_hn 4y ago
Good thing you can just block styles and get exactly the style you prefer.
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AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
You and me both. Perhaps we're relics of a bygone age where tech people cared more for function than form.
photojosh 4y ago
I would agree, with the exception of the text lines being too long. I flipped over into reader mode and it's much improved, solely because of line length and dark mode.
- enriquto 4y ago
  Yes, the only reasonable css I'd concede is a max width in ch. But this should really be a browser standard to begin with.
entrepy123 4y ago
Totally agree. For me, the original is far easier to read than the "better" or "best" versions. Initiate rant mode: - The gray on gray is like a joke, except it's not. I get the theory and alleged benefits. I get that some do prefer it, especially for IDEs. I get that some are happy to see (or at least apply) it all over the web. It just does not seem to apply here. Man alive. Literally making it harder to differentiate the text. - I don't mind adjusting the browser width to get the lines exactly the right length for my screen and reading preference. Actually, I far prefer it over all the other options. This is like a tragedy-of-the-commons or lowest-common-denominator or dumbing-down-on-the-false-premise-of-being-smart issue. Instead of utilizing what we have, and encouraging people to learn and become capable with the simple and flexible tools, it's one size fits all (or, you pick the size you think I want). Only it's not. End of rant. Sheesh.
rerdavies 4y ago
The older version is very difficult to read.

bombcar 4y ago

In my mind "raw browser" look corresponds with "almost insane details coming" as the only sites still using that are often run by people who are WAY more concerned with the content they want to talk about than with the presentation.

galangalalgol 4y ago
Um, shouldn't all people be WAY more concerned with the content than the presentation? I don't want to read stream of consciousness with occasional lack of spaces and random case, but I'd really prefer to only read websites by people who give zero effs to presentation, and I had prior to this moment assumed everyone agreed, but that it was fun to do presentation, so people did. There are people who care about the presentation of what they are reading on even close to the same level of the content itself?!
- NoToP 4y ago
  You would be astounded how many people care about the form and not the function. They live among us. They vote.
- rerdavies 4y ago
  If you care about your content, you should care about readability and navigability.

tinus_hn 4y ago

Good thing you can just block styles and get exactly the style you prefer.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

You and me both. Perhaps we're relics of a bygone age where tech people cared more for function than form.

photojosh 4y ago

I would agree, with the exception of the text lines being too long. I flipped over into reader mode and it's much improved, solely because of line length and dark mode.

enriquto 4y ago
Yes, the only reasonable css I'd concede is a max width in ch. But this should really be a browser standard to begin with.

entrepy123 4y ago

Totally agree. For me, the original is far easier to read than the "better" or "best" versions. Initiate rant mode: - The gray on gray is like a joke, except it's not. I get the theory and alleged benefits. I get that some do prefer it, especially for IDEs. I get that some are happy to see (or at least apply) it all over the web. It just does not seem to apply here. Man alive. Literally making it harder to differentiate the text. - I don't mind adjusting the browser width to get the lines exactly the right length for my screen and reading preference. Actually, I far prefer it over all the other options. This is like a tragedy-of-the-commons or lowest-common-denominator or dumbing-down-on-the-false-premise-of-being-smart issue. Instead of utilizing what we have, and encouraging people to learn and become capable with the simple and flexible tools, it's one size fits all (or, you pick the size you think I want). Only it's not. End of rant. Sheesh.

rerdavies 4y ago

The older version is very difficult to read.