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Re: Humane by Design

#21
What is definitely missing is a github link. I would love to help fix some issues (as I think the ressource itself is pretty good) but there is no option to do that.

Re: Humane by Design

#22

They talk about inclusive design and then make it impossible to tell which element has keyboard focus. http://www.outlinenone.com/

> http://www.outlinenone.com/

Not to be pedantic or nitpicky, but was there really a need to create a complete website with a dedicated domain name for advertising such a simple idea? Surely it could have been done via a blog post or, if a separate page is needed, hosting on a (free) static site hosting service like Surge, Netlify or Now.

Re: Humane by Design

#23

They talk about inclusive design and then make it impossible to tell which element has keyboard focus. http://www.outlinenone.com/

> http://www.outlinenone.com/ Not to be pedantic or nitpicky, but was there really a need to create a complete website with a dedicated domain name for advertising such a simple idea? Surely it could have been done via a blog post or, if a separate page is needed, hosting on a (free) static site hosting service like Surge, Netlify or Now.

That website comes from a different age. One where Now and similar products didn’t exists. (It was up in 2012 I think)

Re: Humane by Design

#24
post #4

This site is one of the best dark theme site designs I have seen. Good job.

This is ridiculous. Why should every site have to design their own light and/or dark themes? When you visited the site you thought it had a great theme; I on the other hand ended up leaving after 5 seconds because light text on black or near-black backgrounds makes my eyes hurt. This uses gray text which makes it a bit easier than some other dark sites, but gray on black causes issues for a number of other people. A…

Dark Reader for Firefox sort of does this, I think.

Re: Humane by Design

#26
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> http://www.outlinenone.com/ Not to be pedantic or nitpicky, but was there really a need to create a complete website with a dedicated domain name for advertising such a simple idea? Surely it could have been done via a blog post or, if a separate page is needed, hosting on a (free) static site hosting service like Surge, Netlify or Now.

That website comes from a different age. One where Now and similar products didn’t exists. (It was up in 2012 I think)

It is up since 2010 and thus it predates Surge and Netlify by four years.

Re: Humane by Design

#27
To each their own, but I think the huge space left on the header could be used to establish what the project is actually about[0]. Not that its name doesn't give you a clear hint, and I love the seamless transition between pages, but I had to click on "info" to get a confirmation, instead of having it at first glance.

Anyhow, kudos to the author for putting up a website to tackle such a hugely relevant issue these days.

[0] Like this: https://i.imgur.com/GgudrKa.png.

Re: Humane by Design

#28
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is ridiculous. Why should every site have to design their own light and/or dark themes? When you visited the site you thought it had a great theme; I on the other hand ended up leaving after 5 seconds because light text on black or near-black backgrounds makes my eyes hurt. This uses gray text which makes it a bit easier than some other dark sites, but gray on black causes issues for a number of other people. A…

It would be nice if browsers had a built in standardized design mode to let people view the content the way they want. Like reader mode but more powerful, and standardized.

This is actually something I've been thinking about for a long, long time. A platform only allowing for Markdown and some HTML could do the trick, since the CSS configuration would be user-defined. And it would work on low-end devices, as well, even e-ink tablets. I even came up with a mock-up a month ago for a blogging platform following that premise: https://imgur.com/a/57pArEk.

Re: Humane by Design

#29
post #4

This site is one of the best dark theme site designs I have seen. Good job.

This is ridiculous. Why should every site have to design their own light and/or dark themes? When you visited the site you thought it had a great theme; I on the other hand ended up leaving after 5 seconds because light text on black or near-black backgrounds makes my eyes hurt. This uses gray text which makes it a bit easier than some other dark sites, but gray on black causes issues for a number of other people. A…

It's almost like HTML should be used to encode semantic content and leave presentation up to the browser...
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