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The gray body text is hard to read on a black background.

kragniz 13y ago
If that's the only thing you can find to criticize, OP's done a good job. I really like it. I couldn't seem to get the pausing/unpausing to work with my trackpad, though.
- workhere-io 13y ago
  I actually thought it'd be helpful to OP to point out that the text is hard to read. It's called constructive criticism - nothing wrong with that.
  - cpayne 13y ago
    It can be a fine line between criticism and it being "constructive"
    - bowerbird 13y ago
      i've found that it's best to consider all criticism to be "constructive", even if you're sure it's not, as it thwarts the person who was trying to hurt you. -bowerbird
      - bowerbird 13y ago
        somebody -- namely the person who down-voted this -- seems to have a very thin skin, and evidently is not able to take my advice. oh well, such is life, i guess. :+) -bowerbird
- serf 13y ago
  Not all criticism is negative. Products are not perfect off the bat, they are improved gradually by the criticisms of the creator and the people exposed to it. In fact, I opened this thread to see if anyone had complained about the typography, as I was going to if not. Furthermore, while I agree that OP did a good job, I disagree with you about the fact that typography is somehow minor. ('if that's the only thing...") How useful is a site to someone who can't read it? How many people don't bother seeing the actual mechanics of a site when they realize they need to squint to make anything out? The page consists of two elements, text and a button. Half of the elements are very difficult for a user to interact with. That's important, regardless of how spectacular the other half is. Good job OP. like someone earlier said, it reminds me of the webcollage xscreensaver
geuis 13y ago
This is often one of my biggest complaints, hard to read text and color contrast. Question: The text is #fff and background #000. You can't get better contrast than that. Is the problem the narrowness of the font I used?
- usea 13y ago
  On Windows most web fonts render poorly. For me (Windows, Opera), the text looks super thin and a little jagged. A lot of the color is red or blue etc instead of white because of cleartype. http://i.imgur.com/xRBUlab.png http://i.imgur.com/xRBUlab.png
  - geuis 13y ago
    Thanks for the screenshot. That is awful looking. How does the text look on the photos page when you click one?
    - usea 13y ago
      http://i.imgur.com/BL3dog4.png http://i.imgur.com/BL3dog4.png Most web fonts exhibit this behavior on Windows. Chrome does a little better with the thickness, but the rendering problems are still there. Here's an article on the topic http://blog.webink.com/why-fonts-suck-windows-hinting/ http://blog.webink.com/why-fonts-suck-windows-hinting/
  - workhere-io 13y ago
    For those who don't know: If you're on Mac, one easy way to test your website in IE is using a virtual OS from http://www.modern.ie/ http://www.modern.ie/.
- workhere-io 13y ago
  This is what it looks like on Chrome/Mac: http://i.imgur.com/IijoeLC.png http://i.imgur.com/IijoeLC.png

If that's the only thing you can find to criticize, OP's done a good job. I really like it. I couldn't seem to get the pausing/unpausing to work with my trackpad, though.

workhere-io 13y ago
I actually thought it'd be helpful to OP to point out that the text is hard to read. It's called constructive criticism - nothing wrong with that.
- cpayne 13y ago
  It can be a fine line between criticism and it being "constructive"
  - bowerbird 13y ago
    i've found that it's best to consider all criticism to be "constructive", even if you're sure it's not, as it thwarts the person who was trying to hurt you. -bowerbird
    - bowerbird 13y ago
      somebody -- namely the person who down-voted this -- seems to have a very thin skin, and evidently is not able to take my advice. oh well, such is life, i guess. :+) -bowerbird
serf 13y ago
Not all criticism is negative. Products are not perfect off the bat, they are improved gradually by the criticisms of the creator and the people exposed to it. In fact, I opened this thread to see if anyone had complained about the typography, as I was going to if not. Furthermore, while I agree that OP did a good job, I disagree with you about the fact that typography is somehow minor. ('if that's the only thing...") How useful is a site to someone who can't read it? How many people don't bother seeing the actual mechanics of a site when they realize they need to squint to make anything out? The page consists of two elements, text and a button. Half of the elements are very difficult for a user to interact with. That's important, regardless of how spectacular the other half is. Good job OP. like someone earlier said, it reminds me of the webcollage xscreensaver

geuis 13y ago

This is often one of my biggest complaints, hard to read text and color contrast. Question: The text is #fff and background #000. You can't get better contrast than that. Is the problem the narrowness of the font I used?

usea 13y ago
On Windows most web fonts render poorly. For me (Windows, Opera), the text looks super thin and a little jagged. A lot of the color is red or blue etc instead of white because of cleartype. http://i.imgur.com/xRBUlab.png http://i.imgur.com/xRBUlab.png
- geuis 13y ago
  Thanks for the screenshot. That is awful looking. How does the text look on the photos page when you click one?
  - usea 13y ago
    http://i.imgur.com/BL3dog4.png http://i.imgur.com/BL3dog4.png Most web fonts exhibit this behavior on Windows. Chrome does a little better with the thickness, but the rendering problems are still there. Here's an article on the topic http://blog.webink.com/why-fonts-suck-windows-hinting/ http://blog.webink.com/why-fonts-suck-windows-hinting/
- workhere-io 13y ago
  For those who don't know: If you're on Mac, one easy way to test your website in IE is using a virtual OS from http://www.modern.ie/ http://www.modern.ie/.
workhere-io 13y ago
This is what it looks like on Chrome/Mac: http://i.imgur.com/IijoeLC.png http://i.imgur.com/IijoeLC.png