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Re: [telecom] Please critique the new online version of the Telecom Digest

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On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 08:46:37AM -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote:
> On 10/1/2022 3:46 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
>> The "online" version of the Telecom Digest is now ready for Beta
>> test, and I need your help.
 
>> The new version is at https://telecomdigest.net/rsi/latest-issue.html .
>> Please let me know what your opinions are concerning the web-based
>> version, and answer these questions for me:
 
>> 1. Is it readable on your device, and if not, why not?
>> 
>> 2. Does it present a professional appearance? In other words, does it look good?
>> 
>> 3. What would you change if you could? Why?
>
> I don't like the white text on black background. It is harder to
> read than black on white properly rendered. The text is also a notch
> too large. I don't like tiny text but the current text is too
> large. Sans-serif is also harder to read than serif typefaces. Look
> at the Boston Globe site (articles, not home page) for an example of
> readable text -- note the type is a bit tighter and smaller but
> retains wide leading (space between lines).
>
> I'm sorry, Bill, but it looks like Geocities called from 1998 and wants its
> designs back.

Well, I NEVER! ...

... took a course in typography, or learned how to run a Linotype
machine. ;-)

But, seriously: I was so impressed with the increase in readability I
got by enabling "High Contrast" in Windows 10, that I decided to try
white-text-on-black-background for the "online" version of the Digest.

My eyes are old, and I've had cataract surgery, and I'm probably not
the "typical" web-page reader. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm
doing something unproductive: younger eyes are more adaptable, and the
whole idea is to make the page easily readable by *EVERYONE* - so I'll
crabwalk a bit, and ask that other readers with more expertise on
these matters than I contribute their suggestions for improvements.

To keep the debate focused on essentials, we'll stick to a single
issue and make only suggested changes. The list of changes is at -

http://telecomdigest.net/rsi/experiment.html

... and readers can click through to any of the demo pages.

Bill Horne, writing only for himself as a self-taught, slightly
out-of-date web designer.

P.S. Geocities? REALLY? I'm going to ask Northeastern University to
revive the lynx machine: we'll set the WayBack machine to 1982!

--
(Please remove QRM from my email address to send mail to my personal account)

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