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Interesting. I maintain a forum (~50k visitors/day) and have been quietly, slowly turning up the information density on the site by reducing font size, padding,
by breckenedge 3y ago
Interesting. I maintain a forum (~50k visitors/day) and have been quietly, slowly turning up the information density on the site by reducing font size, padding, etc. Most of our users are 30-50 years old.
Now they see about 25% more than they did before before on a mobile screen. Hasn't had any impact on traffic, but I like it.
The designers either haven’t noticed or don’t care.
Is there a reason most designers go with 16px/1rem as the default font size? Feels comically large to me.
- troad 3y ago> The designers either haven’t noticed or don’t care. You seem to be discounting the possibility that you’re subtly degrading their experience, sufficiently slowly that they’ve yet to revolt en masse. The blind spot of A/B testing is slowly building resentment for a slowly degrading product. I couldn’t tell you every single specific way that in which Duolingo has slowly become terrible over the years, but I can tell you I am no longer a paying subscriber. > Feels comically large to me. I browse the Internet at between a 125 and 200 percent zoom, so I guess it feels comically small to me. I don’t understand why I should strain my eyes to “fit more content in” - scrolling is free, and I can only read one thing at a time anyway.
- breckenedge 3y agoDo you use zoom on HN too?
- troad 3y agoYes. 200%.
- breckenedge 3y agoAnd that’s on desktop, mobile, or both?