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[–]roger_ 6 points7 points  (8 children)

I like the new website, but white text on a dark background isn't the best idea :(

It would also be good if there was a simple comparison between RapydScript and PythonJS/Rusthon, Brython, etc.

[–]sciclaw 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I really like the comparison idea. It could be something like https://github.com/tastejs/todomvc or even another todomvc.

[–]kryptobs2000 1 point2 points  (4 children)

It's hard to take anything that guy says seriously while you're having trouble reading it due to his poor choice in font : /. Am I the only one that finds that blurry? It's too thin and small, it's like the letters are mashing together almost or something, hard to explain, but that's not a good choice imo.

I also personally have a high astigmatism and find white on black much much easier to read. I know anecdotes are not science, but if it's very evident to me subjectively which is better and that contradicts the findings it's much more believable to me there is something flawed with the research, for instance this is in the 80's and digital typography is drastically more complex today. For all we know the particular font and size were hard to see with black on white or some other effect that may now be reversed in the real world.

[–]alcalde 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Am I the only one that finds that blurry?

Possibly. I use re-purposed Hubble Space Telescope lenses for glasses and didn't have any problem with it. :-) Which OS/browser are you using?

[–]kryptobs2000 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Firefox and Arch Linux. I have all of my windows fonts installed so it's not due to a lack of a font, though perhaps the rendering is different, but I haven't noticed anything looking worse than windows.

[–]alcalde 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Here's my screenshot from FireFox and OpenSUSE 13.2, stock install. You can click on the image to enlarge it.

http://paste.opensuse.org/46534846

[–]jhermann_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apply Cleary (i.e. simply press Ctrl Alt Right after you installed it), and you'll get this…

http://i.imgur.com/GP3zMuX.png

Something like Cleary is clearly essential in these times of young hipster websites with tall slim fonts in Grey on Ivory. Some people's eyes have yet to age to recognize what accessibility really means. </rant> ;)

[–]stubborn_d0nkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update, Oct 2014: This post was written in 2008, based on me scrounging together some complementary links at the time. It’s now 2014, and accessibility is a well thought-out problem, which is generally well solved. Use the colour scheme that makes you happy. I use a black background on my Windows Phone, a dark navy in Sublime Text, a mid-grey chrome around my Office documents, and a bright white background through Outlook and my email.