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This is great content, but it is so hard to read. The light blue against the light gray is rough on the eyes, and the font size/style isn't helping either.

david_a_r_kemp 15y ago
readable http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ makes a reasonable job of it, but it's clearly not built to be read.
mauriciob 15y ago
Best way to read it is selecting all the text. The white text on red "background" is not bad.
wtetzner 15y ago
You might want to try readability: http://www.readability.com/ http://www.readability.com/
- fady 15y ago
  readability is a great option, but this site is brand new. it's not like it has outdated typography, etc.. you would expect the site to be readable without any tools :\
- why-el 15y ago
  I actually used readability to prettify the article and send it to my kindle. Sadly though, it stayed on my Kindle for a long time, hopefully I will read it soon.
tomkin 15y ago
I was just about to post something to that effect. The site feels like Microsoft MSDN. In the case of documentation or technical information, you'll never go wrong by using a large, easy-to-read font with a strong contrast between background and text color.
truncate 15y ago
Here's the article at author's website http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm.
- duaneb 15y ago
  That's much better; thank you!
- moonboots 15y ago
  "Tali published her research on her site, but we knew it deserved a larger audience, so we've cleaned it up and republished it here."
fady 15y ago
could not agree more. very hard to read, seems opaque in a way when trying to read the text. Update: so, i removed the dot texture on the page and also changed the google webfont to "gudea" instead of "open sans" and it seems to be a lot more readable. i think if the authors of the site changed the font to something more readable, all would be good. the font i choose was just picked at random. see my edits: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103326/after_Gudea.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103326/after_Gudea.png
sairion 15y ago
It really is. javascript:void((function(){jQuery("body").css("font-family","hevetica,arial,sans-serif");})()); Changing it to Helvetica (or Arial) make a little bit easier to read (Putting above code into URL bar does this).

david_a_r_kemp 15y ago

readable http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ makes a reasonable job of it, but it's clearly not built to be read.

mauriciob 15y ago

Best way to read it is selecting all the text. The white text on red "background" is not bad.

wtetzner 15y ago

You might want to try readability: http://www.readability.com/ http://www.readability.com/

fady 15y ago
readability is a great option, but this site is brand new. it's not like it has outdated typography, etc.. you would expect the site to be readable without any tools :\
why-el 15y ago
I actually used readability to prettify the article and send it to my kindle. Sadly though, it stayed on my Kindle for a long time, hopefully I will read it soon.

tomkin 15y ago

I was just about to post something to that effect. The site feels like Microsoft MSDN. In the case of documentation or technical information, you'll never go wrong by using a large, easy-to-read font with a strong contrast between background and text color.

truncate 15y ago

Here's the article at author's website http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm.

duaneb 15y ago
That's much better; thank you!
moonboots 15y ago
"Tali published her research on her site, but we knew it deserved a larger audience, so we've cleaned it up and republished it here."

fady 15y ago

could not agree more. very hard to read, seems opaque in a way when trying to read the text. Update: so, i removed the dot texture on the page and also changed the google webfont to "gudea" instead of "open sans" and it seems to be a lot more readable. i think if the authors of the site changed the font to something more readable, all would be good. the font i choose was just picked at random. see my edits: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103326/after_Gudea.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103326/after_Gudea.png

sairion 15y ago

It really is. javascript:void((function(){jQuery("body").css("font-family","hevetica,arial,sans-serif");})()); Changing it to Helvetica (or Arial) make a little bit easier to read (Putting above code into URL bar does this).