Hacker news is one of the worst readible websites on the planet (especially non-link posts) and somehow this is the place where everyone likes to complain about other websites readability.
Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
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Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#82Hacker news is one of the worst readible websites on the planet (especially non-link posts) and somehow this is the place where everyone likes to complain about other websites readability.
You're reading it on mobile then?
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
> #000 on #fff won't burn out your retinas. :) There’s a massive difference between the contrast of that outdoors on a shitty panel (where you’re lucky to get 5:1 contrast) and indoors in a light-controlled environment (where 200:1 contrast is easily reached). And yes, that 200:1 contrast can get painful, especially if you’ve got astigmatism.
I have astigmatism. Contrast isn't an issue. Brightness might be. There are knobs for these on most displays.
Alternative option: Contrast is only an issue if your monitor is worse than a Fujitsu Siemens P17-2, a monitor from 2004 that nowadays retails for 20 €.
If you bought a monitor at any point in the past 18 years that can’t show enough contrast, that’s on you.
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you want to inject CSS, use a "user styles" manager like Stylus. There's almost no learning curve if you know CSS. You can write entire sheets for all pages, multiple or single domains. For example to make HN legible (basic text, spacing and contrast): @-moz-document domain("ycombinator.com") { :root { --font-size: 1.2rem; --text-color: #333; } .comment { font-size: var(--font-size); line-height: 1.5; } body { fon…
> If you want to inject CSS, use a "user styles" manager like Stylus. Unfortunately, Firefox on Android only supports a limited number of extensions, and Stylus is not currently one of them. It's really sad, because I used to have some nice site-specific user styles. I really don't understand Mozilla's decisions. They destroyed their password security, they destroyed their extension advantage. One wonders what's next…
They kinda do, but it is quite cumbersome. You have to use Firefox Nightly, and create an Add-on Collection on the marketplace, and then add that collection to Firefox. That is how I use uBlock on Android.
(Last time I try, if you want to add an extension, you have to create a new collection and ... reinstall Firefox, but maybe that's just me.)
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you want to inject CSS, use a "user styles" manager like Stylus. Unfortunately, Firefox on Android only supports a limited number of extensions, and Stylus is not currently one of them. It's really sad, because I used to have some nice site-specific user styles. I really don't understand Mozilla's decisions. They destroyed their password security, they destroyed their extension advantage. One wonders what's next…
They kinda do, but it is quite cumbersome. You have to use Firefox Nightly, and create an Add-on Collection on the marketplace, and then add that collection to Firefox. That is how I use uBlock on Android. (Last time I try, if you want to add an extension, you have to create a new collection and ... reinstall Firefox, but maybe that's just me.)
For what it's worth, I use Firefox Release on Android, and can still use uBlock Origin as an add-on. (Unless you meant the other "uBlock")
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#86I love the “nothing in nature is true black so don’t use #000000” argument. Correct, nothing is, and your #000000 won’t be either once it’s shown on a physical screen.
And nothing is true white so don't use #ffffff. We can continue with blue, green, red. /s
I am sure designers will stop using grey text on solid white as soon as someone shows them that paper isn't really pure white, but is a bit off white and it has texture and gradients, depending on the light source. Maybe they'll start embracing skeuomorphism again. /s
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a difference between using "soft black" and using low-contrast gray like you're Apple in the 2010s. The thing about pure black isn't that it's unnatural, but that when paired with white its contrast can actually be uncomfortable and less accessible than a slightly toned down color combination (especially on full brightness).
especially on full brightness Then turn down the brightness. Pure black/white should never be uncomfortable, if it is then your monitor needs adjusted. In fact I suspect a lot of this stupid low-contrast trend comes from designers who don't know that and are trying to compensate for it in software. Monitors come with the brightness set ridiculously high so they'll look good in a showroom (and possibly to make the bac…
> Then turn down the brightness
On all my computers? And my phone? And my tablet? And my...
You could say the same about sites where the body text is set unreadably small. "Just zoom in!" It does not persist across devices, sessions, users etc the way a well-designed site would.
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#88I recommend people with similar interests take a look at uBlock's filter language (yes, the ad blocker). It's a short and shallow learning curve until you can inject your personal CSS into webpages, and incrementally tweak them. Two small examples: "Show all text on the internet as black" *##*:style(color: black !important) "Show comment text on HN as bold" ycombinator.com##.comment:style(font-weight: bold !important…
*##p:style(color:black !important; font-weight: normal !important;)
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Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
When ever there are discussions about accessibility there are always voices calling for "moderation" ... does every building really need a ramp? why does every single restaurant need an accessible bathroom? do those people really need all that contrast?
But you can exceed accessibility requirements without using absolute black and white. And for example some people require larger fonts for accessibility reasons - but we don't make all website with 100 point fonts do we? Instead we use tools to magnify the screen - the same way your OS can increase contrast for you if you need it. There's moderation there.
I get the point you are trying to make but ... maybe don't make it?
We don't actually have an issue with "too much" accessibility.
Re: Change the colour of grey text back to black on website using poor contrast text
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
When ever there are discussions about accessibility there are always voices calling for "moderation" ... does every building really need a ramp? why does every single restaurant need an accessible bathroom? do those people really need all that contrast?
...and in response to your initial two questions, however rhetorical they may have been: yes, every building needs a ramp and every restaurant needs an accessible bathroom. You may be fortunate enough never to need the second one, but you likely hope to live long enough to need the first. (I needed ramps long before age would’ve normally dictated it — stuff happens — so I tend to get a bit perturbed when people wonde…
My oldest friend needs a wheelchair to get around now (lyme disease). It was definitely rhetorical.