-dsr- (not a dog)

The unusual browser feature I use most is Reader Mode.

SO MANY STUPIDLY DESIGNED WEBSITES!

Reader Mode: "Here is the main text in a sensible typeface at a reasonable size with high contrast and appropriate margins."

There should not be a need for Reader Mode. RM's utility is a solid indictment against web designers.

Look at your site-intended-to-convey-textual-information with Reader Mode. If it breaks, fix that. If the page is suddenly much easier to read... you have work to do.

Typeface.
Size.
Contrast.
Margins.

#accessibility #web #browser

Apr 2 at 11:16amWeb
Show threadAlex Feinman5d ago
@dashdsrdash Amen. The other day I hit a website on accessibility that thought light lavender text on a periwinkle background was reasonable. Sigh.
Show threadGarrett Wollman5d ago
@dashdsrdash What's worse is that some sites are designed to intentionally disable reader mode. (Which to my mind is a bug in the browser that it even allows that.)
Show threadblueorangeblue5d ago
@dashdsrdash (I would also appreciate Reader Mode for the cooking instructions on ready meals)
Show threadVicomte Folmer af Helvede5d ago

@dashdsrdash
Yes!!!

(Do you know if there's a way to force reader mode? For me it's not always available... (Firefox on android))

Show threadwolfie 🐺5d ago
@dashdsrdash and if you click it fast enough you can sometimes get around paywall/sign up wall type stuff!
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE5d ago
@dashdsrdash And there's more to typographic design, such as getting the line lengths right and getting the leading right (which depend on each other to some extent).
Show thread-dsr- (not a dog)5d ago

@TimWardCam

That's advanced. Just get the basics right, we can talk about layout and esthetics and keming once those are good.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE5d ago
@dashdsrdash Those are about legibility. If the lines are too long and too close together then your eye has trouble flicking from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. You have to *try* to get this wrong, as word processors etc tend to have sensible defaults, but some people *do* put in the necessary effort.
Show thread-dsr- (not a dog)5d ago

@TimWardCam

This is the web; every screen/window is a different width and that is Fine.

Reader Mode solves this.

Show threadFurryBeta4d ago
@dashdsrdash And a fair amount of time, reader mode can bypass paywalls