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Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by flir »

wkat4242 wrote: post #88
Aeolun wrote: post #15

Have you tried running any readability analysis on this? Feels like the contrast on the background and foreground is too low to make for comfortable (long term) reading.

I think there's too much focus on 'readability' these days. At work we have a new team that's making us measure all the contrasts for people with reading difficulties. Contrast has to be > 80% or something. And text sizes huge. And they don't allow us to change our themes. Or to install plugins like dark reader "for security". Problem is, it makes everything super fugly and eye-straining for everyone else (considerin…

Colour blindness (to take a single issue) is commonly quoted at about 4.5% globally (exact percentage varies by ethnicity so it varies by country). Your "0.5%" figure wildly underestimates the issue IMO.

I agree that local settings should override. But lets start with something legible and override with finely-graduated pastels, not the other way around (as part of a wider push towards good UX defaults).

(Using a high contrast dark mode with small text over here. It's what works for me, and "you can't configure your own environment because security" would have me kicking and screaming like a toddler).

Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by NetOpWibby »

magic_rock wrote: post #121
mlok wrote: post #117

A website about color scheme that does not respect my darkmode browser preference and burns my eyes on my large screen in the middle of the night with its white background. It also prevents my dark reader extension from doing its job (in all 4 modes!) This little visual flashy aggression triggers a little angriness reaction. I ended up escaping without reading what it was about. If you love the internet, please respe…

Hackernews users are getting softer and softer. Such a childish reaction to a simple website.

You can't please every body. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

I just made something for me and shared for maybe 10 other people to possibly like? I didn't expect to be angering people.

Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by tannhaeuser »

xanderlewis wrote: post #30

Is there any reason to use the word uchu? It seems like almost everything (colour schemes, AI models, startups, tools, apps, ...) is named using a single randomly-selected Japanese word these days. But... why?

Throwing stereotypical random Japanese language and culture references around isn't exactly a new phenomenon, otaku culture and all. If anything, it can be considered retro at this point.

Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by Aeolun »

wkat4242 wrote: post #88
Aeolun wrote: post #15

Have you tried running any readability analysis on this? Feels like the contrast on the background and foreground is too low to make for comfortable (long term) reading.

I think there's too much focus on 'readability' these days. At work we have a new team that's making us measure all the contrasts for people with reading difficulties. Contrast has to be > 80% or something. And text sizes huge. And they don't allow us to change our themes. Or to install plugins like dark reader "for security". Problem is, it makes everything super fugly and eye-straining for everyone else (considerin…

Lack of contrast hinders everyone with any kind of vision issues (old/colorblind etc.)

“Too much” contrast means young hipsters complain it burns their eyes.

Even the highest standards for readability leave a comfortable range for expressing creativity (and soft colors), it’s not like they require #000 on #FFF.

Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by kgeist »

wkat4242 wrote: post #88
Aeolun wrote: post #15

Have you tried running any readability analysis on this? Feels like the contrast on the background and foreground is too low to make for comfortable (long term) reading.

I think there's too much focus on 'readability' these days. At work we have a new team that's making us measure all the contrasts for people with reading difficulties. Contrast has to be > 80% or something. And text sizes huge. And they don't allow us to change our themes. Or to install plugins like dark reader "for security". Problem is, it makes everything super fugly and eye-straining for everyone else (considerin…

Monitors also display things differently. We once had a designer with a high-end Mac who liked to use light gray font on a white background. I never understood why he did that - it was barely visible. Then I looked at his monitor, and everything was crisp.

Re: Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers

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Post by qingcharles »

recursive wrote: post #63

I had to follow like four links to figure this out. If you just want the CSS variable declarations, the file is here. https://uchu.style/color.css

What's with the raw and then pushing it into the definitions via a var? I don't understand why there is an extra step?
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