I think the site needs a dark mode. More and more people are favoring it.
The site already has one! Or more precisely LessWrong has one, and it probably wouldn’t be too hard to adapt it to the EA Forum (which shares a codebase).
The font I used could be one size larger, I did made an alternate screenshot to compare. Yet research suggests the current font size, not the one from my script, is ideal. I still favor higher density, as I can analyze the content faster.
I am generally skeptical of research in this space, but yeah, the current font size is what seems to work pretty well in user tests I’ve done. I do also think sometimes it makes sense to have more density and smaller font sizes (and like, comment text is already almost that small)
I can’t get behind the gray background though. I mean, how many sites does that? I find it harder to read.
I mean, how about Reddit?
Or how about Youtube (the background of the videos):
Or how about Facebook:
The pattern of “grey background with white boxes in front, occasional header or nav element on the grey background” is as far as I can tell the standard pattern to reduce eye fatigue while also ensuring high text contrast. I actually can’t think of a content heavy site that doesn’t do this.
The site already has one! Or more precisely LessWrong has one, and it probably wouldn’t be too hard to adapt it to the EA Forum (which shares a codebase).
I am generally skeptical of research in this space, but yeah, the current font size is what seems to work pretty well in user tests I’ve done. I do also think sometimes it makes sense to have more density and smaller font sizes (and like, comment text is already almost that small)
I mean, how about Reddit?
Or how about Youtube (the background of the videos):
Or how about Facebook:
The pattern of “grey background with white boxes in front, occasional header or nav element on the grey background” is as far as I can tell the standard pattern to reduce eye fatigue while also ensuring high text contrast. I actually can’t think of a content heavy site that doesn’t do this.