too many of these no?
here's evenbettermotherfuckingwebsite from 10 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23202336
Perfect Motherfucking Website
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#22From " http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ " which is one up the chain: > A little less contrast WHY. WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS. To give this person credit they have at least chosen some sensible values, rather than gone with something that was just about enough on an expensive graphic designer high-contrast monitor and then not tested it on anything else. Leaving the rest of us squinting to try and read text or manua…
Completely agree, the weird dark grey text makes the whole site look foggy. It actually one off the most annoying colours I’ve seen used for text.
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#23> And did you let the browser choose the font? Don’t make me read such text with Times New Roman. I don't understand this attitude. If you don't like Times New Roman, why don't you change your browser's default font? What I don't like is when websites tell my browser to use a different font or different colors than the ones I configured. (Off-topic, but something that really annoys me is websites that make text in ve…
Why is that? Do you also find it infuriating when magazines and books don't use your preferred font? Perhaps it annoys you when web pages don't use your favourite colour for every element too.
Web pages are designed and typography is part of the design.
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#24> And did you let the browser choose the font? Don’t make me read such text with Times New Roman. I don't understand this attitude. If you don't like Times New Roman, why don't you change your browser's default font? What I don't like is when websites tell my browser to use a different font or different colors than the ones I configured. (Off-topic, but something that really annoys me is websites that make text in ve…
> What I don't like is when websites tell my browser to use a different font or different colors than the ones I configured. The web must be a very disappointing place for you.
I block Google Font, so most of the time I end up with the default font anyway
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#25From " http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ " which is one up the chain: > A little less contrast WHY. WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS. To give this person credit they have at least chosen some sensible values, rather than gone with something that was just about enough on an expensive graphic designer high-contrast monitor and then not tested it on anything else. Leaving the rest of us squinting to try and read text or manua…
Because they write the website on a high res Macbook and prefer their amazing artistic talents over the ability for people with cheaper computers or poorer eyesight to read their art.
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#26This is now my favourite article. I'm glad more people are waking up to the beauty of simplicity. Too much of our society is focused on adding more and more onto complex systems, with no thought on how to maintain said systems. This is how I view politics btw...
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#28Alright, now try building a business on this.
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#29From " http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ " which is one up the chain: > A little less contrast WHY. WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS. To give this person credit they have at least chosen some sensible values, rather than gone with something that was just about enough on an expensive graphic designer high-contrast monitor and then not tested it on anything else. Leaving the rest of us squinting to try and read text or manua…
God I hate lowered contrast on sites, especially as I'm aging. Give me the crisp edges of black and white, if I want to lower the contrast I'll turn down my brightness settings.
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#30(2017) maybe?