Unlocking PinkRabbit: Using 90s Email Software in 2021

Post by addingnumbers » Sun, Aug 08, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

ihatetech wrote: post #10

chrismorgan wrote: post #6

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Other meta stylesheet stuff: The maximum font-size of 26.666px is extremely large as well. (I’d say never ever go past 24px for body type, and even 20px is pushing it.) But in reducing that, you’d certainly want to increase the max-width from its extremely narrow 28em, and possibly bump the line-height a bit. (On the other end, the 14.666px cap at 320px is a little on the small side.) And as configured, the superscri…

I am always fascinated in people that are so distracted that they can't comment on the subject matter but only nitpick. I guess that makes the design not great but we also live in 2021 where you click a button and get a easily readable mode. Or we just insult someone's design choices...the internet will be just black text on a white background with people like you pushing the forefront of mediocrity.

Post by shakow » Mon, Aug 09, 2021, 10:05 AM UTC

ihatetech wrote: post #10

chrismorgan wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Other meta stylesheet stuff: The maximum font-size of 26.666px is extremely large as well. (I’d say never ever go past 24px for body type, and even 20px is pushing it.) But in reducing that, you’d certainly want to increase the max-width from its extremely narrow 28em, and possibly bump the line-height a bit. (On the other end, the 14.666px cap at 320px is a little on the small side.) And as configured, the superscri…

I am always fascinated in people that are so distracted that they can't comment on the subject matter but only nitpick. I guess that makes the design not great but we also live in 2021 where you click a button and get a easily readable mode. Or we just insult someone's design choices...the internet will be just black text on a white background with people like you pushing the forefront of mediocrity.

Post by ihatetech » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

marcellus23 wrote: post #12

ihatetech wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am always fascinated in people that are so distracted that they can't comment on the subject matter but only nitpick. I guess that makes the design not great but we also live in 2021 where you click a button and get a easily readable mode. Or we just insult someone's design choices...the internet will be just black text on a white background with people like you pushing the forefront of mediocrity.

I wonder if this overly sensitive response is because the target of the (level headed, reasonable) criticism is a woman. I have a feeling if the blog’s owner wasn’t named Jessica, a random person wouldn’t be so quick to defend it.