-dsr- (not a dog)5d ago

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

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@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).
Apr 2 at 2:29pmWeb
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.