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So... the first thing that jumps to me is that the site's title now takes half of your screenspace? I don't like that trend, but at least it's only the homepag

So... the first thing that jumps to me is that the site's title now takes half of your screenspace? I don't like that trend, but at least it's only the homepage.

eitally 3y ago
But have you seen the font sizes many (most?) folks 60+ use on their mobile devices? This is an accessibility choice, and it makes sense.
- fh973 3y ago
  Do these folks now see single characters or will this adapt?
  - mminer237 3y ago
    This uses `rem`s for font sizes, so it will increase if you increase your system font. This is what it looks like if you set 32px as default instead of 16px: https://i.imgur.com/amr8t8Q.png https://i.imgur.com/amr8t8Q.png
- gainda 3y ago
  great point - i spent seven years in customer facing banking which included helping people with the mobile app. nearly everyone over 50 had large font sizes.
- kevincox 3y ago
  How important is gov.uk's tagline? It seems like making the content larger and on screen is more important than having a HUUUGE tagline.
- Scarblac 3y ago
  Perhaps, on mobile. But why should it take so much space on a huge monitor?
- layer8 3y ago
  The three-line “The best place to find government services and information” doesn’t make sense when screen space is scarce due to large fonts. In addition, old folks tend to have difficulty finding information when they have to scroll down, especially when there’s no indication that there’s more below the fold (e.g. formerly scroll bars).
  - yakshaving_jgt 3y ago
    There is no fold. https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1946 https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1946
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colesantiago 3y ago
I hate this trend, it's a waste of space and doesn't help those with mobility issues that have to keep scrolling down all the time to find what they need.
cbarrick 3y ago
There are good reasons to do this on mobile: 1. Phones these days are tall. It can be difficult to reach the top of the screen. The height of the screen is great for reading content, but it makes sense to load the initial navigation pieces mid-screen. 2. The barrier introduced by scrolling is much reduced my mobile. It's trivial to flick your thumb up to raise the main content to takeover the full screen. The key is to ensure adequate information density after the initial scroll.
basch 3y ago
How about just the blue horizontal bars with white text trend? https://peazip.github.io/ https://peazip.github.io/ https://www.izarc.org/ https://www.izarc.org/ What prompted this standardization of look? Im seeing it all over now. The fact that I could find two archive utility websites, as example should speak to its ubiquity.

So... the first thing that jumps to me is that the site's title now takes half of your screenspace? I don't like that trend, but at least it's only the homepage.

eitally 3y ago

But have you seen the font sizes many (most?) folks 60+ use on their mobile devices? This is an accessibility choice, and it makes sense.

fh973 3y ago
Do these folks now see single characters or will this adapt?
- mminer237 3y ago
  This uses `rem`s for font sizes, so it will increase if you increase your system font. This is what it looks like if you set 32px as default instead of 16px: https://i.imgur.com/amr8t8Q.png https://i.imgur.com/amr8t8Q.png
gainda 3y ago
great point - i spent seven years in customer facing banking which included helping people with the mobile app. nearly everyone over 50 had large font sizes.
kevincox 3y ago
How important is gov.uk's tagline? It seems like making the content larger and on screen is more important than having a HUUUGE tagline.
Scarblac 3y ago
Perhaps, on mobile. But why should it take so much space on a huge monitor?
layer8 3y ago
The three-line “The best place to find government services and information” doesn’t make sense when screen space is scarce due to large fonts. In addition, old folks tend to have difficulty finding information when they have to scroll down, especially when there’s no indication that there’s more below the fold (e.g. formerly scroll bars).
- yakshaving_jgt 3y ago
  There is no fold. https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1946 https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1946

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colesantiago 3y ago

I hate this trend, it's a waste of space and doesn't help those with mobility issues that have to keep scrolling down all the time to find what they need.

cbarrick 3y ago

There are good reasons to do this on mobile: 1. Phones these days are tall. It can be difficult to reach the top of the screen. The height of the screen is great for reading content, but it makes sense to load the initial navigation pieces mid-screen. 2. The barrier introduced by scrolling is much reduced my mobile. It's trivial to flick your thumb up to raise the main content to takeover the full screen. The key is to ensure adequate information density after the initial scroll.

basch 3y ago

How about just the blue horizontal bars with white text trend? https://peazip.github.io/ https://peazip.github.io/ https://www.izarc.org/ https://www.izarc.org/ What prompted this standardization of look? Im seeing it all over now. The fact that I could find two archive utility websites, as example should speak to its ubiquity.