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I feel like the before/after picture is a prank. I can’t tell a difference, at least looking at it on my iPad.

by vlovich123 2y ago

scarface_74 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42655870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42655870
ahartmetz 2y ago
The text looks fatter / darker on the right
tiffanyh 2y ago
If you look at the non-highlighted black text, in the new version - the text is darker. I agree it's minor, but it's definitely darker. https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/better-text-rendering-in-chromium-based-browsers-on-windows/cleartext_1920.png https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/better-text-renderi... Note: I'm not affiliated to Chromium in any way.
- megaman821 2y ago
  Embedding that image in a blog where it has to be resized down is silly since it makes the change impossible to see. At full size I can easily see the difference between the two though.
  - rbanffy 2y ago
    Resampling the image made the comparison essentially impossible. The 1:1 version makes it perfectly clear.
seanalltogether 2y ago
The text is just higher contrast, if you pull out a color dropper tool or zoom way in on the text you can see the after image has darker text
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asadkn 2y ago
It's a very subtle difference but noticeable in the anti-aliasing. I don't have Windows right now, so I haven't tested if the change's closer to Firefox - but Firefox always had some heavy antialiasing on Windows, which I wasn't a fan of.
do_not_redeem 2y ago
To me the one on the right looks slightly darker/bolder, but not qualitatively better. The stems on the letter "m" in "<meta" in lines 2 and 4 are badly hinted (smeared/mushy looking), and drawn differently even though they're in the same horizontal position in both lines.
- rvnx 2y ago
  Yeah the new version looks bolder or more blurry, slightly more tiring to read
eviks 2y ago
Visible on a phone, though the why is not clearly seen because that's not how you compare such poor quality pics - you need to flip back & forth, preferably zoomed (a common fail of most of these kind of blogs is not to do that). Then you can see the deficiencies on the left and the reason why it's so thin - in letters like 'i' the vertical bar is semi-transparent, not solid
cbg0 2y ago
Right side looks slightly better on a 1440p 27" oled, text has better contrast.
paulirish 2y ago
https://imgsli.com/MzQ4OTEw https://imgsli.com/MzQ4OTEw A before/after image slider. Sadly, not pixel perfect, but a small upgrade for comparison UX.
- rvnx 2y ago
  Looked better before I guess
jcelerier 2y ago
wild, it's obvious to me even in miniature and even more at 1x size, and I don't even have my glasses on
rendaw 2y ago
Whoah, for me the left looks unreadably blurry... but it sounds like that's only me? If other people saw it I have a hard time believing they wouldn't mention such a significant difference and just talk about "I stems" instead.

I feel like the before/after picture is a prank. I can’t tell a difference, at least looking at it on my iPad.

scarface_74 2y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42655870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42655870

ahartmetz 2y ago

The text looks fatter / darker on the right

tiffanyh 2y ago

If you look at the non-highlighted black text, in the new version - the text is darker. I agree it's minor, but it's definitely darker. https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/better-text-rendering-in-chromium-based-browsers-on-windows/cleartext_1920.png https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/better-text-renderi... Note: I'm not affiliated to Chromium in any way.

megaman821 2y ago
Embedding that image in a blog where it has to be resized down is silly since it makes the change impossible to see. At full size I can easily see the difference between the two though.
- rbanffy 2y ago
  Resampling the image made the comparison essentially impossible. The 1:1 version makes it perfectly clear.

seanalltogether 2y ago

The text is just higher contrast, if you pull out a color dropper tool or zoom way in on the text you can see the after image has darker text

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asadkn 2y ago

It's a very subtle difference but noticeable in the anti-aliasing. I don't have Windows right now, so I haven't tested if the change's closer to Firefox - but Firefox always had some heavy antialiasing on Windows, which I wasn't a fan of.

do_not_redeem 2y ago

To me the one on the right looks slightly darker/bolder, but not qualitatively better. The stems on the letter "m" in "<meta" in lines 2 and 4 are badly hinted (smeared/mushy looking), and drawn differently even though they're in the same horizontal position in both lines.

rvnx 2y ago
Yeah the new version looks bolder or more blurry, slightly more tiring to read

eviks 2y ago

Visible on a phone, though the why is not clearly seen because that's not how you compare such poor quality pics - you need to flip back & forth, preferably zoomed (a common fail of most of these kind of blogs is not to do that). Then you can see the deficiencies on the left and the reason why it's so thin - in letters like 'i' the vertical bar is semi-transparent, not solid

cbg0 2y ago

Right side looks slightly better on a 1440p 27" oled, text has better contrast.

paulirish 2y ago

https://imgsli.com/MzQ4OTEw https://imgsli.com/MzQ4OTEw A before/after image slider. Sadly, not pixel perfect, but a small upgrade for comparison UX.

rvnx 2y ago
Looked better before I guess

jcelerier 2y ago

wild, it's obvious to me even in miniature and even more at 1x size, and I don't even have my glasses on

rendaw 2y ago

Whoah, for me the left looks unreadably blurry... but it sounds like that's only me? If other people saw it I have a hard time believing they wouldn't mention such a significant difference and just talk about "I stems" instead.