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Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by tuhin »

cloudwalking wrote: post #8
tuhin wrote: post #2

This is my first every public release of such a thing! So please be gentle and do give any feedback that can improve the extension.

I like to scan comments by point values so it's easy to pick out good threads (shallow? maybe. effective? yes). Putting points next to the upvote arrow--and hence on the right side--seems like a better way to display them. It also helps frame the comments better.

The idea originated from a restriction that I wanted a particular styling on homepage with the source website link flushed right. On second thoughts I realised that this works way better for comments since the upvote should NOT have anything to do with current points or who posted a comment. Brings a fair setup IMHO.

Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by edu »

tuhin wrote: post #2

This is my first every public release of such a thing! So please be gentle and do give any feedback that can improve the extension.

Congratulations, it's a really nice work.

I'd do just two small changes:

First, the comment's points are important and right now are hard to read/notice.

Second, I'm not a designer, but I've always heard you shouldn't use black typo on white background as it's a little bit to hard contrast, it's better to use a (very) dark grey on the type.

Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by edu »

edu wrote: post #14
tuhin wrote: post #2

This is my first every public release of such a thing! So please be gentle and do give any feedback that can improve the extension.

Congratulations, it's a really nice work. I'd do just two small changes: First, the comment's points are important and right now are hard to read/notice. Second, I'm not a designer, but I've always heard you shouldn't use black typo on white background as it's a little bit to hard contrast, it's better to use a (very) dark grey on the type.

I just notice the vertical rhythm between paragraphs in comments is not constant, see: https://img.skitch.com/20110405-q2a81di6ew4gi1fcrckna6dwft.j... the 1st and 2nd line and much closer than the rest.

I'm using Chrome 10.0.6.648.204 on OS X.

Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by tuhin »

edu wrote: post #15
edu wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congratulations, it's a really nice work. I'd do just two small changes: First, the comment's points are important and right now are hard to read/notice. Second, I'm not a designer, but I've always heard you shouldn't use black typo on white background as it's a little bit to hard contrast, it's better to use a (very) dark grey on the type.

I just notice the vertical rhythm between paragraphs in comments is not constant, see: https://img.skitch.com/20110405-q2a81di6ew4gi1fcrckna6dwft.j... the 1st and 2nd line and much closer than the rest. I'm using Chrome 10.0.6.648.204 on OS X.

Yes, that is an issue I am looking to fix. Basically has got to do with HN markup being the ugliest thing I have seen. Tables all along with no classes and whatsoever. So targeting is a pain in the ass.

Will see if using pseudo class for first element helps me out.

Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by sunsai »

I have tried to tweak the layout without any browser extensions. This will work on any browser but it's a 'lite version' so you can only use these to read HN. Have a look:

Non AJAX version: http://www.skillendar.com/hackernews/noajax.aspx

AJAX version: http://www.skillendar.com/hackernews/

Re: Georgify: Hacker News meets beautiful typography

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Post by tuhin »

nyellin wrote: post #17

The grey color for a:visited is too light. I have to strain my eyes to see it. edit: Also, the extra space in comment-headers is wonky. And even with my nitpicking, great job!

Normally you would not want to see that. I do not want to see it atleast.

Also that makes the URLs work as an Inbox/Unread badge for me. With what I can see as the unread ones I need to read before the end of day.

Will tweak it a bit though. Also different screens with different color gamut make it troublesome in corner cases.

edit: The comments whitespace treatment is next in line on by issue list.

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