- select multiple sources (set 6 as favorite)
- view inspirations (more to be added soon)
- Left / rights arrows - toggle between news and inspirations
- toggle between light & dark mode :)
I like the dark mode, but for me the contrast between the text and background is far too low. Coupled with the relatively small font size, this really compromises legibility.
Third-ed. Contrast way too low. Why not use #000000 for the background color? Everything just looks washed out as it stands and almost has the effect of making everything look disabled.
As much as this advice is correct for painting, it's incorrect for design. What's wrong with black text? Nothing. Ironically, the site you link as a very thin font with very reduced contrast, so it's barely legible on my screen. The site is less legible than dark topfive and giving advice on design...
Form follows function. Barely legible text is very bad design.
> is correct for painting, it's incorrect for design
I disagree. It's a fundamental concept of Color Theory, which is a fundamental concept of design.
> What's wrong with black text?
Nothing. But you shouldn't be using absolute black. I tend favor #24242A.
I think it's unfair to call the site I linked to barely legible. The font is perhaps a touch too thin, but it's still very legible. Of course this is all subjective.
Section 508 sets the (US) government's standards for accessibility on web sites as well as applications. Contrast is specifically called out in two sections of the quick start guide:
1. 1194.21 (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes.
2. 1194.21 (j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided.
The three-column desktop views cut off way too many titles, meaning if I want the full headline I have to hover over each one for a second or two. At first I didn't even notice, but if you have to do it for every other link it gets tiring.
If it had an option for non-columnar view, I might very well use this every day (and still might on mobile).
This is cool. I think the benefit of condensing these sources into 1 is either that you have to check them less often, or you only get the best posts. If its the second, a top 5 of the day would be more useful. If its the first, its perfect!
Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which can be quite jarring.
If you go to 'Manage sources' and set the default theme to dark - it will work for both 'News' and 'Inspiration'. But yeah dark mode everywhere (even in manage sources) is something we need to work on.
The checkboxes for me (latest version of Chrome on Mac) are a bit dodgy and sometimes won't check/uncheck. Also, there's nothing more infuriating than getting the checkboxes how I want them, pressing submit and then it wiping out my changes and shaking an error message at me.
It took me a while to realise I had to select 6 starred sources, why do you wipe out my choices just to tell me I forgot to pick 6? Very annoying. If you refresh the page too it throws a server error.
You are right, should not wipe out the selection - but still emphasise that max 6 can be favourited so that they can come above the fold/scroll. Will look into it. Thanks for the feedback.
Great idea! I can see myself using this.
One note: The Chrome extension would be much more useful if it was configurable to allow more use-cases. I installed the Chrome extension, and it appears to replace the "new tab" page, with no alternatives. Having it appear every single time I open a new tab would be productivity crushing, so I removed it again.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 96.3 ms ] threadA cookie or localStorage flag would be really easy to do.
How about something closer to this? http://i.imgur.com/qQr0xId.png
Form follows function. Barely legible text is very bad design.
I disagree. It's a fundamental concept of Color Theory, which is a fundamental concept of design.
> What's wrong with black text?
Nothing. But you shouldn't be using absolute black. I tend favor #24242A.
I think it's unfair to call the site I linked to barely legible. The font is perhaps a touch too thin, but it's still very legible. Of course this is all subjective.
The same background color is fine with a color like #ADAA9E—brighter version of the current color.
1. 1194.21 (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes.
2. 1194.21 (j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided.
See: http://www.section508.gov/content/learn/standards/quick-refe...
The three-column desktop views cut off way too many titles, meaning if I want the full headline I have to hover over each one for a second or two. At first I didn't even notice, but if you have to do it for every other link it gets tiring.
If it had an option for non-columnar view, I might very well use this every day (and still might on mobile).
Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which can be quite jarring.
It took me a while to realise I had to select 6 starred sources, why do you wipe out my choices just to tell me I forgot to pick 6? Very annoying. If you refresh the page too it throws a server error.
Good product, definitely needs polish.