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Given how popular they are, these modern designs must appeal to someone, but personally I find them really bad. It's pure form over function with the huge text
by pkkm 3y ago
Given how popular they are, these modern designs must appeal to someone, but personally I find them really bad. It's pure form over function with the huge text that reduces my 24" monitor to the information density of a phone and the annoying fade-ins that interfere with quickly skimming the page. This kind of webpage makes me immediately suspicious. I find these landing pages much better: <https://hypothesis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://hypothesis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>, <https://cmocka.org/ https://cmocka.org/>, <https://pytorch.org/ https://pytorch.org/>.
- JakeAl 3y agoRight there with you. Their focus is on smoke and mirrors, not putting content first. If the first thing I have to do to get to the content is move your interface or big pictures out of the way, you're doing it wrong.
- moralestapia 3y agoYour argument (and GPs) is valid but it doesn't really belong here, as this is a "design inspiration" gallery, as opposed to a "content inspiration" or "accessibility" blog or whatever you misunderstood this to be. I got exactly what I expected to see when I clicked on the linked website.
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- mikojan 3y agohttps://cmocka.org https://cmocka.org is quite the collection of contrast errors and botched accessibility properties in only one page. https://pytorch.org https://pytorch.org is not much better. Neither form nor function in my personal opinion... If I am going to be swayed that Obys' Grids[0] is bad, you better be comparing it to W3.org[1][2][3] or something.................................................. [0]: https://grids.obys.agency/ https://grids.obys.agency/ [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-id/ https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-method-id/ [2]: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/ https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/ [3]: https://www.w3.org/news/2023/draft-note-catalan-gap-analysis/ https://www.w3.org/news/2023/draft-note-catalan-gap-analysis...
- pkkm 3y ago> contrast errors and botched accessibility properties Yeah, the white on yellow could be improved, but the page is pretty good in ways I care about most: it loads quickly, it has decent information density, it gives me all the information and links I want right on the landing page, and it doesn't use anything that would interfere with skimming, such as lazily loaded images or animations. I do agree that your [2] example is great.