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I ran to my desktop to load this up and have a look. I'm ALWAYS looking for a more simple blogging solution. I was hoping for mostly plain text plus an em tag here or there. It's a little more involved than that, but it's given me some ideas. Shameless plug, I created the NeatCSS framework to have this "simple" look and feel. On that, however, I didn't try to avoid your typical HTML code. https://neat.joeldare.com
Why?
Your site is too hard to read on. Make the color of the font darker or the background lighter please. I had to copy to a notepad so I could read it. Edit: Apparently, dark mode users get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png I get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png Light mode is terrible, dark mode is okay. Please increase the contrast in both places.
In my opinion, what makes it a bit difficult to read is the use of a fixed-width font for body text. Fixed width is great for code, but proportional-width fonts are easier for reading prose.
Your site is too hard to read on. Make the color of the font darker or the background lighter please. I had to copy to a notepad so I could read it. Edit: Apparently, dark mode users get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png I get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png Light mode is terrible, dark mode is okay. Please increase the contrast in both places.
(ideally, the website should get the fix rather than you doing it... but this works better than notepad!)
Note that closing tags are optional † , so one can be an HTML purist and still write a decent HTML document with a relatively clean markup like this: Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis id maximus tortor. Sed nisi ante, fermentum vel nunc et, tincidunt sagittis magna. In ultrices commodo lacus, id tristique ipsum euismod laoreet. Maecenas at neque posuere, aliquet era…
Although you could omit the closing tags, I don't see the benefit of doing so. If you know HTML, nesting is fundamental and not explicitly closing dom nodes would lead to confusion. You would also need to concern yourself with the "certain conditions" that must be met for it to work. Consistency and clarity over brevity!
Your site is too hard to read on. Make the color of the font darker or the background lighter please. I had to copy to a notepad so I could read it. Edit: Apparently, dark mode users get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png I get this - https://i.imgur.com/5PHYac1.png Light mode is terrible, dark mode is okay. Please increase the contrast in both places.
Lower the contrast? Strongly disagree. Its use of gray text on a dark blue background is pretty common. If anything, the contrast is too low; I'd brighten the text if I were the designer. But it's readable. In my opinion, what makes it a bit difficult to read is the use of a fixed-width font for body text. Fixed width is great for code, but proportional-width fonts are easier for reading prose.
background-color: #FDF6E3;
color: #657B83;
In the next generation, I implore people to focus on content, not the tech.
I think it's ok to have build tools that do small automations to make writing more pleasant yet keep the markup semantic and accessible.
This is ridiculous, only two articles on this blog and one is about static blogging. In the next generation, I implore people to focus on content , not the tech.
