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> James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock Looks like a polished copy from CDE. (The site is horrible. White on light gray. I didn't expected this from
by hulitu 2y ago
> James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock
Looks like a polished copy from CDE.
(The site is horrible. White on light gray. I didn't expected this from a Mac developer).
- dcrazy 2y agoI can only surmise you’re referring to Daring Fireball, not James’s blog. You might want to check your monitor’s color calibration (specifically its white point) or brightness setting. DF is and always has been white/light gray on dark gray. Specifically, it’s #fff (body text) or #ddd (blockquotes) on #4a525a.
- eviks 2y agoWhy do you need any calibration to see that this is an awful color scheme?
- msk-lywenn 2y agoEven black on white can be awful with disastrous calibration... white on #4A525A is almost white on black. It looks good on any of my screens and I don't even have that good calibration.
- eviks 2y agothere is nothing "almost" about it, #4A525A is ~35 on a 100 lightness scale away from black, "almost" would be 5% or something
- dcrazy 2y agoIt’s still within contrast accessibility guidelines. I find it much more pleasing on the eyes than full black on white, which causes a lot of eyestrain on an emissive display like a monitor.
- eviks 2y agoMinimum accessibility requirement doesn't define high quality and full black on white isn't the only alternative, so no need to limit your comparison to it
- dsiner 2y agoAnd it's horrible. low-contrast, and a tiny unreadble font. Reading it on a M1 Mac
- throw-away_42 2y agolight grey? If 808080 is neutral mid grey, how can 4A525A (32% lightness) be anything but a dark grey? The contrast seems quite readable to me, and seems to pass guidelines: https://coolors.co/contrast-checker/ffffff-4a525a https://coolors.co/contrast-checker/ffffff-4a525a
- eviks 2y agoTry the actual text color instead of fff (also in quotes, which take up most of the space)
- dcrazy 2y agoThe actual text color is either #fff or #ddd depending on if you’re talking about a blockquote. #fff gets full marks; #ddd gets a “good” rating.
- eviks 2y agono, it's #eee for the main text and #ddd for the quotes And both are slightly above "minimum contrast", nothing good about it despite what the checker sites says