Why does this site use light colored text on a white background? I agree that it is elegant in hard copy, but you are making life hard for we who are forced to read your stuff on a screen. If you will not darken your copy, please make it larger.
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Simple solution I use is when the stupid writer does some thing like that I figure that is the primary purpose for the delete key.
You don't get any eye strain that way.
The text was even fainter before a number of people spoke up. Here's a sample from ES-ASC.
I apologize for being obtuse. My complaint is with with the color choices of the Apple web site. Tiny fonts in very light colors on a bright white background violate graphic design rules for legibility, if legibility is on a list of positives somewhere.
OK.
The FontSize is 18pt.
The FontFace is Myriad Set Pro Light
The FontColor is #333333 - a Dark Gray, the same color as the very bottom of the ramp of the REPLY button
Several of us folks employ Cascading Style Sheets to modify our experience. MOST think everything is too BIG.
If you are interested, our pal turingtest2 has a User Tip - Minimal CSS tweaks for ASC - that does a few things tha you might find helpful, especially if you are comfortable tweaking thing to your own taste like I do
these are excerpts from Minimal CSS tweaks for ASC
You then can edit the style - choose the Stylish icon in your browser toolbar
then "Manage styles..." - then [Edit] the Minimal style
Change "font-size" values to taste (upward likely, I prefer smaller) - Apple stock AND Minimal are both 18px (Apple adopted 18px after tt2 suggested it)
Change "font-weight" values FROM 'normal' to a numeric value GREATER than 400 in 100 increments up to 900 which is BOLD
"font-color" is supposed to be BLACK = #000000, but it is Apple stock #333333 so for some reason (I am firing off a missive to turingtest2 right after I finish this for advice on HIS parameters)
weirdwilbur wrote:
I apologize for being obtuse. My complaint is with with the color choices of the Apple web site. Tiny fonts in very light colors on a bright white background violate graphic design rules for legibility, if legibility is on a list of positives somewhere.
Apple Style Guide seems in agreement with one of two "newspaper" sites in my hometown
LIKE APPLE
Text is #333333 in color. EVERYBODY knows that SERIF fonts are easier to read, on paper and on screen!
Text on this one is BLACK #000000
Striking through text makes it completely illegible.
Good.
It was wrong
(although I cannot explain why, when I was using an "eyedropper" while composing the post it was true... I left it there to document the issue if I experienced it again! 😉 )
For a more complete revamp of the ASC site is available. See the "Combined" user style sheet. You will need to use Firefox. For other web browsers, use Hiroto's modifications. See
Adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages
Here is what my ASC looks like:
What your senses perceive is a combination:
-- font size; combined uses a different font.
-- background color; resorts apple grey as the background color instead of the current white.
-- layout of the page. How far is the text separated? Text is put closer together.
probably much more. I do not know where or if apple is getting advice on web site construction, but it's going downhill in my view.
R
Amen
Howdy R
I have UPDATED the code > Adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages - Themes and Skins for Apple - userstyles.org
- for those with it already installed, it should show the need to update when visited
AND
created one for Hiroto's English > Adjust the format and layout of ASC Pages-HirotoEN - Themes and Skins for Apple - userstyles.org
should show this button for NOT being installed
If you are ALL GOOD, you see this one
SAMPLES - FULL PAGE
no CSS, Minimal, rccharles, Hiroto [note that the header is messing up for me today]
Maybe a test-reader before publication?
