r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖

It's getting hard to read things on the web

I don't know when everyone decided light gray text on white backgrounds was the standard uniform of the web, but I'd much rather have garish colors if it means the text is at least legible

Aug 20, 2018 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadFlan99Aug 20, 2018
@cypnk There's like a 99% chance I'm going to stop using a site if they pull that shit. Hell, there's a 99% chance I'll stop if they don't have a dark theme available.
Show threadAlexQAug 20, 2018

@cypnk it became quite fashionable in web designer circles, there SAS a good Wired! article about it a while ago:

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/how-the-web-became-unreadable/

#webdesign

How the Web Became Unreadable

I thought my eyesight was beginning to go. It turns out, I’m suffering from design.

WIRED
Show threadSwitchAug 20, 2018
@cypnk read this to understand all of it...
Thanks @Qwxlea. I wanted to link to this piece too but couldn't remember the title.
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Aug 20, 2018
@Qwxlea Oh yes, I forgot about this article. It's really annoying and I'm a little disappointed things haven't improved much since this was published
Show threadMarcin CieślakAug 20, 2018
@cypnk @Qwxlea brutalist websites to the rescue:)
Show threadAlexQAug 20, 2018

@saper @cypnk looked it up, yes indeed I quite prefer that :

https://brutalist-web.design/

I should do something with that, thanks!

Brutalist Web Design

Guidelines for web design that adhere to the tenets and ethos of Brutalism

Show threadMarcin CieślakAug 20, 2018
@Qwxlea @cypnk there is brutaldon for mastodon, too
Show threadMonsieur Valentine 🇺🇦Aug 20, 2018
@cypnk I hate this so much! I have to select text sometimes to read it, ridiculous 
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Aug 20, 2018

@valeg That's really annoying. Sometimes, I see folks have changed the selection colors too so even that's broken

Times I wish I could just wholesale block CSS

Show threadschnittchen 🏳️‍🌈🐆Aug 20, 2018
@cypnk for this and many other reasons, I'm so glad reader mode exists