Revenge of The Millenials
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
think of the benefits... I recently bought a new 27" monitor (for 2nd screen). Was looking at 4k models - a quite good one was on a very good special, almost bought it. Then realised my current 25" 2K was a bit of a strain when I'm tired, so for $100 less I got the equivalent spec 27" 2K. (Very nice.) Why buy a 4K just to scale the damn thing back up 200% or more? So what I'm saying is being a bit older much wiser why pay more for the likes of 4K screens and super-hi-res phones with giga-pixel lenses when you've only got at best 2K eyes. More money for the kids inheritance kidding, meant quality food, drink, even furniture etc.
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think of the benefits... I recently bought a new 27" monitor (for 2nd screen). Was looking at 4k models - a quite good one was on a very good special, almost bought it. Then realised my current 25" 2K was a bit of a strain when I'm tired, so for $100 less I got the equivalent spec 27" 2K. (Very nice.) Why buy a 4K just to scale the damn thing back up 200% or more? So what I'm saying is being a bit older much wiser why pay more for the likes of 4K screens and super-hi-res phones with giga-pixel lenses when you've only got at best 2K eyes. More money for the kids inheritance kidding, meant quality food, drink, even furniture etc.
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think of the benefits... I recently bought a new 27" monitor (for 2nd screen). Was looking at 4k models - a quite good one was on a very good special, almost bought it. Then realised my current 25" 2K was a bit of a strain when I'm tired, so for $100 less I got the equivalent spec 27" 2K. (Very nice.) Why buy a 4K just to scale the damn thing back up 200% or more? So what I'm saying is being a bit older much wiser why pay more for the likes of 4K screens and super-hi-res phones with giga-pixel lenses when you've only got at best 2K eyes. More money for the kids inheritance kidding, meant quality food, drink, even furniture etc.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
Try using google maps outside on your phone when the ambient light is above 3 candelas. It didn't take me long to dump that garage and install Osmand.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
Actually, it's something they just copied from TV commercials (i.e., the hell-spawn known as marketing) with fine print they really really really don't want to read. Coming to mind: Senior insurance for $9.95/month: amazingly tiny light blue text on a medium blue (but not solid color) background. By the way - even if you got your wish - can you read 15 lines of fine print in the 3 or 4 seconds they give you? Maybe it's better you don't even notice it's there.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
ormonds wrote:
... I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to of him or her ...
FTFY :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
++1 if i'll ever discover such one, i'll save him/her and we shall circumcise him/her together
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
It (soft grey unfocussed fonts on a softer background) is a really annoying thing. Too much of the modern 'design' approach, and not enough 'accessibility' considerations. There are many web site I just won't read, because they are too hard. It's the same problem as having very small print. Maybe a few more reports to one's local disability discrimination authority and accessibility services may help raise awareness.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
Definitely a millennial! We are putting our house on the market and the real estate agents we have spoken with suggest light to very light grey in order to appeal to millennial buyers......
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ormonds wrote:
... I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to of him or her ...
FTFY :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Agreed. The fuckers who designed Microsoft's Expression Blend come to mind.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
First of all, it would be better to sacrifice him or her, not to him or her. Second, this reminds me of why I quit trying to read "Wired" back when magazines were a thing. Yellow font on white, gray on grey, artsy-fonts in 3 point fonts... when folks get so artsy and ignore readability, I'm not going to fight to read their magazine/website/app. The probability that someone that stupid in presentation of information is actually going to have something I need to know approaches zero pretty darn fast.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
android studio is the worst out of the box so far I've used. took me forever to find a decent theme with good contrast. my dyslexia isn't as bad with dark backgrounds and light text, like the visual studio dark theme seems to work well. too many editors are grayish on grayish, it's pretty but causes way too much eye strain.
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It (soft grey unfocussed fonts on a softer background) is a really annoying thing. Too much of the modern 'design' approach, and not enough 'accessibility' considerations. There are many web site I just won't read, because they are too hard. It's the same problem as having very small print. Maybe a few more reports to one's local disability discrimination authority and accessibility services may help raise awareness.
PhilipOakley wrote:
There are many web site I just won't read, because they are too hard. It's the same problem as having very small print.
I agree, easier to go elsewhere, but if you absolutely, positively have to read the text on that website, select the text. They tend to forget to style that use case, so it gets left at the default white on blue... viola.. readability :)
I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.
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I am older and my eyes aren't what they used to be. Does anyone have contact details for the person (no doubt a millenial) who is responsible for the trend towards grey backgrounds and slightly different grey text? I would like to make a suitable sacrifice to him or her so that this punishment is remitted.
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Definitely a millennial! We are putting our house on the market and the real estate agents we have spoken with suggest light to very light grey in order to appeal to millennial buyers......
How many millennial buyers can afford your house?
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How many millennial buyers can afford your house?
Seems that married millennial's, with children, engineering, accounting, or business degrees, can pony up the big money to buy more expensive dwellings. :-D
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Agreed. The fuckers who designed Microsoft's Expression Blend come to mind.
Software Zen:
delete this;Crikey! Do you actually use that? We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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think of the benefits... I recently bought a new 27" monitor (for 2nd screen). Was looking at 4k models - a quite good one was on a very good special, almost bought it. Then realised my current 25" 2K was a bit of a strain when I'm tired, so for $100 less I got the equivalent spec 27" 2K. (Very nice.) Why buy a 4K just to scale the damn thing back up 200% or more? So what I'm saying is being a bit older much wiser why pay more for the likes of 4K screens and super-hi-res phones with giga-pixel lenses when you've only got at best 2K eyes. More money for the kids inheritance kidding, meant quality food, drink, even furniture etc.
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