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There's a great essay hiding in that page, but oh my goodness that is a frustrating format and layout.
by eykanal 6mo ago
There's a great essay hiding in that page, but oh my goodness that is a frustrating format and layout.
- pugworthy 6mo agoLink at top... https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii
- trymas 6mo agoI saw it (I am not OC), though I think by pure accident. There's seemingly appearing trend of ultra low contrast foreground to background (e.g. mid gray text on top of dark gray background), often combined with 1px borders and/or 1px thick fonts. I constantly need to either zoom on such websites or crank up screen brightness to the max (or both) to be able to see anything (or even better, not visit such sites ever again). That link you pointed out has: - mid gray font: rgb(122, 125, 126) - dark blue tint background: rgb(14, 21, 24) - 1px border that is nearly invisible against background: rgb(37, 42, 44) That link text has unacceptable contrast: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=7A7D7E&bcolor=0E1518 https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=7A7D7E&... , not to say the border: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=252A2C&bcolor=0E1518 https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=252A2C&... . At least main text has passable grade: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=A89F91&bcolor=0E1518 https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=A89F91&...
- zxlk21e 6mo agoSorry, I try to keep both camps in mind as I build these things. There's a text version linked at the top, but the link is here: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing/ascii
- nicbou 6mo agoI found it neat to be given the choice. Both formats were good.
- encom 6mo agoprefers-reduced-motion == 1 quiets that nonsense in a lot of cases, but many sites don't respect it. I wish this gratuitous animation fad would just die already. It adds nothing.
- solarkraft 6mo agoI find that it adds a lot.
- duskdozer 6mo agoI hope it's a fad, but I'm not feeling good about it. I think the only real solution is something browser level that doesn't rely on developers/their management respecting it. (Or well, a new name that doesn't include "prefers" or "reduced"...) I really don't understand why people want intentional lag added to everything.
- StilesCrisis 6mo agoWell, it's LLM generated for sure. I wouldn't call it great.
- georgebcrawford 6mo agoYep, trash.
- croisillon 6mo agoespecially funny slop, given the author submitted this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42167020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42167020 months ago
- pimlottc 6mo agoA small plea to authors - if you absolutely must use scroll-linked animations and fade-ins, please at least make sure all the text is fully readable within 25% of the scroll height. It is so frustrating not being able to read things until they reach the middle of the page. Trying to look at images that aren't fully loaded until the top is already scrolling off the page! What's the point of having a 4k monitor if I can only use the top half!
- jdkoeck 6mo agoIt sure looks like the author likes webpages coming alive too!
- a96 6mo agoLooked like a broken page until I happened to scroll (as that works with broken pages). Stopped and closed when I saw Apple crap.
- nevster 6mo agoI hate that fade-in stuff. Basically just close any page that does it.