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The Design Details Podcast
- programminggeek 12y agoSounds cool, but why the tiny font? 13px font size doesn't feel like good design in 2014. Is it just me?
- onion2k 12y agoIt's fine. Whether or not you like it is a matter of preference[1], but design-wise it works well. If you couldn't change the size in your browser then it'd be a problem, but you can, and the page still flows well even if you crank the type size up to 2 or 3 times the size. [1] Design being how it works, not what it looks like. Your comment is really about aesthetics rather than design per se.
- Theodores 12y agohttp://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Light grey text on a white background? #718793 on #FFFFFF seems to fail accessibility. A design that goes outside basic accessibility is not design. It is like a chef serving stone cold food or a builder making doors 5ft high.
- jamesdelaneyie 12y agoA design that consciously chooses to go outside these guidelines can still be good design, same with your fine-dining and hobbit architecture examples. Context and the goals of the brief are key.
- brianlovin 12y agoThanks for the feedback! I've heard the contrast come up a couple times, and definitely seems like something I could improve :)
- pxlbryn 12y agoYou'll probably love the podcast then, where we talk through this kind of thing with some amazing designers!
- jamesdelaneyie 12y agoDesign includes aesthetics, I think you need to recalibrate your definition.
- jamesdelaneyie 12y ago16px seems to be somewhat of an industry average [0]. Depends on the communication needs of the item. Personally I find smaller text and longer line lengths set the tone for how I should be consuming the article. Smaller and longer, more thoughtful reading. Big and short, bit sized scanning of text. [0] http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-co...
- brianlovin 12y agoThanks for the feedback! This is something I've been constantly working on, and this comment is totally fair :) Also, the contrast mention below has come up a time or two before so it sounds like something I should fix up. Aesthetics aside, I hope that the podcast sounds interesting! We're very excited to get things started.
- pxlbryn 12y agoSounds like the podcast is for people like you who sweat the details!