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I've noticed that too and also do not like it. I'd prefer the traditional style article and thumbnails where necessary (not just for the sake of cramming image
by dm2 12y ago
I've noticed that too and also do not like it.
I'd prefer the traditional style article and thumbnails where necessary (not just for the sake of cramming images into articles).
Maybe they've done testing and this style article gets read/shared more, it certainly looks more official and permanent but it's still just a blog post / news article.
This is where I first saw it, and it's annoying to read the huge text and adjust to the images that float under text: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/that-time-an-air-force-f-16-and-an-army-missile-battery-fought-each-other-bb89d7d03b7d https://medium.com/war-is-boring/that-time-an-air-force-f-16... Apparently they never even considered what it would look like when someone tries to print that article, the 1st half of the page is a solid black image, then the text is laughably large.
- NotAtWork 12y agoThat page you linked is horrendous!
- dm2 12y agoThis link from the same site is on the front page of HN today: https://medium.com/@sachagreif/in-the-past-couple-years-startups-have-started-realizing-that-good-design-can-make-the-difference-2fdeb90d390a https://medium.com/@sachagreif/in-the-past-couple-years-star... It's a decent article and fairly interesting (though not surprising), but the layout is like navigating a minefield, it's still better than the multi-page layouts that are common on some sites. Try to print this article though, 17 pages. 17 pages. Their main business is offering content in a format that is readable and accessible to users. One solution would be to have an alternate layout with normal sized text, no giant header image, and thumbnails rather than half-page images, and that layout preference would be both saved in a cookie and settable via a URL parameter.