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The gratuitously large amount of whitespace in comments pages is a little off-putting. The very, very light gray meta-info text on white bg is hard to read in t

by clicks 14y ago

The gratuitously large amount of whitespace in comments pages is a little off-putting. The very, very light gray meta-info text on white bg is hard to read in the comments container; as is the kind-of-blue text on light blue bg. The icons are not descriptive enough as stand-alones to exist without text indication of what they do, or something similar. So basically, this is just walking into the 'flat' fad without any careful thought. I'm just in disbelief. I'm primarily a back-end coder but I've designed better sites than this. Edit: I realize I'm being a little bit mean, and I don't like being mean... but I think it's perhaps warranted this time given the name of the site.

radley 14y ago
http://contrastrebellion.com/ http://contrastrebellion.com/
- jgh 14y ago
  I like how HN is actually one of the low-contrast examples and the comment you're replying to is complaining about contrast.
  - sprokolopolis 14y ago
    I found that interesting as well.
  - radley 14y ago
    Here's a good example of what they mean: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 This is hard to read. I'd guess PG may have decided to keep it this way so users don't post too many (long) messages.
- sprokolopolis 14y ago
  I agree that we need to keep contrast in mind when designing, but too much contrast can be just as hard on the eyes. That cream on black text hurts my eyes more than most of the low-contrast sites that it highlights. Furthermore, putting shadows on an entire block of text is terrible for legibility. As a site focusing heavily on legibility, it could certainly use some fine-tuning in its typography and color. I will agree that many of these sites, including this DN site, need to work on contrast and legibility and contrast.
baumgarn 14y ago
Probably requires a calibrated Apple display to be readable.
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by clicks 14y ago

radley 14y ago

http://contrastrebellion.com/ http://contrastrebellion.com/

jgh 14y ago
I like how HN is actually one of the low-contrast examples and the comment you're replying to is complaining about contrast.
- sprokolopolis 14y ago
  I found that interesting as well.
- radley 14y ago
  Here's a good example of what they mean: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 This is hard to read. I'd guess PG may have decided to keep it this way so users don't post too many (long) messages.
sprokolopolis 14y ago
I agree that we need to keep contrast in mind when designing, but too much contrast can be just as hard on the eyes. That cream on black text hurts my eyes more than most of the low-contrast sites that it highlights. Furthermore, putting shadows on an entire block of text is terrible for legibility. As a site focusing heavily on legibility, it could certainly use some fine-tuning in its typography and color. I will agree that many of these sites, including this DN site, need to work on contrast and legibility and contrast.

baumgarn 14y ago

Probably requires a calibrated Apple display to be readable.

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