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Does anybody else's eyes hurt looking at the Beta's leading?
10 years ago
Not too impressed with the beta interface. I really hope "Classic" stays an option, this feels like New Coke or something...
Honestly, I can't even see what you need to improve - fA is a nice little oasis of stability in the shifting graphics of the internet, with a consistency of font and a spare, de stijl set of rectangular layouts. It amazingly doesn't have anything that really DATES it. There's no shiny buttons, no horrid Japanese-style webpage design. And it's basically the only place left on the internet where knowing html makes it more unique.
Simple is beautiful, man.
Sort of like that new concept art website whose entire homepage is just tiles of art that grow and shrink according to user votes. The kerning is okay, but the LEADING. Dear god, the leading. It made my eyes THROB just trying to read a wall of text. I can't fucking read it. The colors are too harsh when you make the lines that thick. Definitely not going back.
The spreading around of the My FA stuff wasn't too bad an idea, it is awfully unintuitive as it is, but it'll be another tormentuous adjustment.
I'd no more ask for the ability to read something in those font sizes than somebody would invent 10-second Vines or 525-pixel tumblr posts (OOP). We've all made things for this format, and I think we sort of like them that way. I'm the minority?
No, seriously. FUCK THAT LEADING.
Honestly, I can't even see what you need to improve - fA is a nice little oasis of stability in the shifting graphics of the internet, with a consistency of font and a spare, de stijl set of rectangular layouts. It amazingly doesn't have anything that really DATES it. There's no shiny buttons, no horrid Japanese-style webpage design. And it's basically the only place left on the internet where knowing html makes it more unique.
Simple is beautiful, man.
Sort of like that new concept art website whose entire homepage is just tiles of art that grow and shrink according to user votes. The kerning is okay, but the LEADING. Dear god, the leading. It made my eyes THROB just trying to read a wall of text. I can't fucking read it. The colors are too harsh when you make the lines that thick. Definitely not going back.
The spreading around of the My FA stuff wasn't too bad an idea, it is awfully unintuitive as it is, but it'll be another tormentuous adjustment.
I'd no more ask for the ability to read something in those font sizes than somebody would invent 10-second Vines or 525-pixel tumblr posts (OOP). We've all made things for this format, and I think we sort of like them that way. I'm the minority?
No, seriously. FUCK THAT LEADING.
for me one of the things that bothers me the most about the beta is the font is way too big lol?
i dunno tho, the entire thing is less than aesthetically pleasing.
Whatever's bolded, your eyes go right to it.
That plus the neutral verdigris background and gray rectangular bars means that absolutely NOTHING about the placard or frame competes with the art. It's underappreciated. And text and stories are easy on the eyes, however they're columned...
Only thing I need them to add are "chuckling" and "mild sadness" emoticons. The tears are too much sometimes.
People have been making fun of FA for not changing anything in its appearance since its formation in 2005, so it was to be expected that people will find it challenging to become accustomed with something different. I like the new UI so far, but my aesthetic sensibilities aren't easy to offend, I guess. More emoticons would be nice, though.
That "new" design looking messy, art is like in the second place. Not intuitive, not easy to read, big buttons, but important informations in small way.
I feel like windows 8 lost of ergonomic system if you want clear things and dense readable information. Lost everything quick useful and do big ugly buttons.
In the classic version, the text of comments ends near to the fave list, at the same down point. Not a way down like the beta.
The art place takes 2/5 of the space, in the beta, art takes 1/6 of the space, and where are the faves ? They are a way to communicate I like that !
Nope, I really don't get the design they want to do.
the lack of spacing around the art makes it ... a lot less obvious what on the page you're looking at, which is fun. also i can't wait until there's a Light theme; fukken hate the dark background, but i'm an oldster so whatever. it's a beta and i assume they'll change that.
you're right about this leading though. what in the sam hill are they thinking? worst line spacing.
I just hope they don't fix that bug that allows one to upload larger files.