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0 pointscapableweb4y ago0 comments

What's wrong with their UI? Using https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ as an example

Seems the contrast is excellent and no obvious disturbing layout choices. Fairly traditional layout although I'm not a fan of the white on black as I sit in the sun a lot, but generally it seems quite good if you compare it with most random blogs out there.

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CamperBob24y ago

There's a reason why nothing, but nothing, of any importance or popularity uses white text on a black background.

WanderPanda4y ago

On an iPhone 11 there is about 1cm of vertical space for the content a recurrent reader wants to see: The latest article. Used to be better a couple years ago. Also “From the blog” is not emphasizing that these are actually the most recent articles from the blog and not some random selection

capablewebOP4y ago

Ok, I'll bite. What's that reason? Because as long as the contrast is there, there is no obvious reason why using that color scheme would lead to less importance or popularity.

CamperBob24y ago

Because objective studies have repeatedly shown it's harder to read white text on a black screen, compared to the dark-on-light text that 99.9% of everything else on the planet uses.

It's a way of sending the message, "It's my site, not yours. I don't care if you don't find it legible. Everybody else is wrong, and I'm right."

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0 pointscapableweb4y ago0 comments

What's wrong with their UI? Using https://hackaday.com/2021/05/22/irc-will-never-die/ as an example

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CamperBob24y ago

There's a reason why nothing, but nothing, of any importance or popularity uses white text on a black background.

WanderPanda4y ago

capablewebOP4y ago

Ok, I'll bite. What's that reason? Because as long as the contrast is there, there is no obvious reason why using that color scheme would lead to less importance or popularity.

CamperBob24y ago

Because objective studies have repeatedly shown it's harder to read white text on a black screen, compared to the dark-on-light text that 99.9% of everything else on the planet uses.

It's a way of sending the message, "It's my site, not yours. I don't care if you don't find it legible. Everybody else is wrong, and I'm right."

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse