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The author is railing against people who care too much. They are not advocating double space. They are telling the self-important twits who write Salon articles

The author is railing against people who care too much. They are not advocating double space. They are telling the self-important twits who write Salon articles telling everyone how ignorant and stupid two spaces is to Shut the Fuck Up. And telling the rest of us to ignore self-important twits that care too much.

onli 13y ago
Well, "self-important twits" like myself who care about issues like usability and readability (which the author definitely does not, as evident by the black on gray blogdesign) have the comfortable option to just "shut the fuck up" and don't read people unwilling to deliver on the basics. He who disrespects his readers will get no respect from me.
- cmccabe 13y ago
  Black on light grey causes less eyestrain than black on white. http://ergonomics.about.com/od/eyestrain/a/reduce_contrast.htm http://ergonomics.about.com/od/eyestrain/a/reduce_contrast.h...
  - dredmorbius 13y ago
    Two problems with that: 1 Monitors vary greatly in their color intensity. 2 For emissive rather than reflective displays (that is, monitors rather than paper), increasing ambient light decreases contrast. I've found a huge number of websites are very unreadable not only on mobile devices (which tend to get used out-of-doors) but on desktop and laptop screens if there's a high level of indoor lighting. Worse if there's low-angle early-morning or late-afternoon sun.
    - cmccabe 13y ago
      That's why devices have adjustment knobs and settings that let you adjust the contrast, if you're using it in some unusual situation.
- pygy_ 13y ago
  Do you find it hard to read? The contrast is more than comfortable to my eyes.
  - onli 13y ago
    Hm. Now it's dark outside and just a small light on, and I have to agree, the contrast is readable. And http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/#%23222-on-%23d9d9d9 http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/#%23222-on-%23d9d9d... agrees. It's a bit greyer though than I prefer.

onli 13y ago

Well, "self-important twits" like myself who care about issues like usability and readability (which the author definitely does not, as evident by the black on gray blogdesign) have the comfortable option to just "shut the fuck up" and don't read people unwilling to deliver on the basics. He who disrespects his readers will get no respect from me.

cmccabe 13y ago
Black on light grey causes less eyestrain than black on white. http://ergonomics.about.com/od/eyestrain/a/reduce_contrast.htm http://ergonomics.about.com/od/eyestrain/a/reduce_contrast.h...
- dredmorbius 13y ago
  Two problems with that: 1 Monitors vary greatly in their color intensity. 2 For emissive rather than reflective displays (that is, monitors rather than paper), increasing ambient light decreases contrast. I've found a huge number of websites are very unreadable not only on mobile devices (which tend to get used out-of-doors) but on desktop and laptop screens if there's a high level of indoor lighting. Worse if there's low-angle early-morning or late-afternoon sun.
  - cmccabe 13y ago
    That's why devices have adjustment knobs and settings that let you adjust the contrast, if you're using it in some unusual situation.
pygy_ 13y ago
Do you find it hard to read? The contrast is more than comfortable to my eyes.
- onli 13y ago
  Hm. Now it's dark outside and just a small light on, and I have to agree, the contrast is readable. And http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/#%23222-on-%23d9d9d9 http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/#%23222-on-%23d9d9d... agrees. It's a bit greyer though than I prefer.