Show HN: Web Design in 4 minutes
This is a pretty nice demo of the process of turning a basic page into a "design" (in the sense that applying positioning, spacing, contrast, and things like typography is visual design - I might call it layout instead).<p>However, if you run Chrome's Accessibility Audit (<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/accessibility-developer-t/fpkknkljclfencbdbgkenhalefipecmb?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/accessibility-deve...</a>) on this page, you get warnings about low contrast for 100+ elements and a link to <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/accessibility-developer-tools/wiki/Audit-Rules#ax_color_01" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/GoogleChrome/accessibility-developer-tool...</a>.<p>So although you claim black text is harsh on the eyes and gray is more comfortable, it in fact is not - it just makes it harder to read. The very first time you load the page and see black Times New Roman on a white background is actually a better user experience for a larger number of people, purely from the point of view of legibility.<p>Try having someone with less than stellar eyesight look at this page. Or someone who's trying to read it on a smartphone outside in sunlight or with the brightness of their screen set at less than maximum. Design isn't about what looks nice, it's about what works well - pages that a portion of your audience cannot read don't work well.