5 ms·
The claim about high contrast is definitely valid, but explicitly stating that it should be black, when the stylesheet says #373737 - seems a bit questionable.
by imperialWicket 14y ago
The claim about high contrast is definitely valid, but explicitly stating that it should be black, when the stylesheet says #373737 - seems a bit questionable.
I would much prefer to look at font in a very dark grey on a pale color, than the stark look of black on white.
Still, the high contrast argument it is totally valid, and it's very annoying when you see pages that require text highlighting to be read without strain.
- Turing_Machine 14y agoOkay, "dark enough that I never even noticed that it wasn't #000". Happy now? I think you were just looking for a nit to pick, frankly.
- imperialWicket 14y agoLike I said, the high contrast level is important, and I couldn't agree more with your sentiment. Nonetheless, the original comment said something to the effect of, your post should have black text if you are making an argument for using black text. It is nit-picky to highlight that your page had dark gray text, but I only did this after you made the inaccurate claim that the page was using black text (as compared to the Apple page, which does use black text). So it is not really the use of black or dark gray that is important, but the use of high contrast background to foreground colors. Black/gray has little to do with it. And, gray is particularly problematic because it is likely the color that is most often used appropriately, and simultaneously the color that most often used inappropriately - depending on how dark/light the shade happens to be. I mostly wanted to highlight the often present (and an oh-so-intended pun) 'gray areas' in these discussions. High contrast - definitely, black - maybe. It's a good discussion, and there's a lot of potential depth here, as with most design issues. Apologies if I came off as nit-picking or flippant, it really wasn't the intent.