Readability issue

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by blackbird71

I agree. I don't know if it's a font style/typeface issue or simply a text-color issue. For some reason, the thread text seems to render grayish in appearance rather than true black, and that adds to or creates a general blurriness effect. Simply making the text larger helps, but it's not a cure for the contrast/blurry issue. (FWIW, Vivaldi's forums which use a similar forum engine have a better black-on-white textual rendering in threads, so it seems like there ought to be some way of improving this.)

Otherwise, the new forum is a huge improvement thus far.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thx for the feedback, could you make a screenshot and paste here, we would like to see how the issue looks at yours browser window.

[tree1891]

tree1891 @Guest last edited by tree1891

@lmormol-op

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

This shows a comparison of Opera's and Vivaldi's forum thread font. (FWIW, both happened to be taken with Vivaldi-browser windows on a Win10-64 system with default fonts.)

[donq]

donq last edited by

For me too - please use black text and somewhat more weighty font. This everywhere recommended (darker) gray on (lighter) gray makes my eyes hurt.

Another problem (I don't want to create just new topic, because this is readabilty issua too) - can you add some settings to avoid wasting space? Unused areas around and between single posts waste maybe 60% of screen estate and break text flow - sure I could hack your CSS a bit, but some configuration options would benefit other users too.

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera last edited by

We'll definitely try to improve this aspect! Thanks for pointing it out

[nekomajin]

nekomajin last edited by

Could you change the text color to black? I know, artistic and stuff, but this color is hard to read. You should also increase the font size.

[emniss]

emniss last edited by amatczak

The contrast between the textboxes (postings) and the background is too low. Textboxes in white are fine, but the background could be a darker grey.

[A Former User]

A Former User @emniss last edited by

Why did someone tell me to look at my settings for the forum? There is nothing in there about font colour.

[ryszard]

ryszard last edited by

Solution: https://forums.opera.com/post/129952

[nekomajin]

nekomajin @ryszard last edited by

@ryszard
Thank you for sharing it, but I think the point of a forum must be the ability to read the posts. With tiny grey letters, it's just ridiculous. I don't want to spend time to fix their stupidity. I rather don't use this forum.

[ryszard]

ryszard @nekomajin last edited by

@nekomajin said in Readability issue:

@ryszard
I rather don't use this forum.

You have a 100% of the rightness.

[A Former User]

A Former User @nekomajin last edited by

@nekomajin For your information - colour issue is fixed.

[nekomajin]

nekomajin @Guest last edited by

@mw-op
Much better. Thank you.

The font size is still an issue, but at least it can be solved with zooming in.

[A Former User]

A Former User @nekomajin last edited by

@nekomajin Glad we could help. If you'd like to see another small (1px to be exact) change for sake of readability - check Forums tomorrow.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

The font size and the font itself is definitely still a problem, just look at the horizontal blur of T, e, z, etc.

Even if I set it to 110% I still think I have to go to the doctor for my eyes. Compare 110% zoom in blogs.opera.com to see how much better it looks there.

110% here:

vs. 110% there:

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

What have the forum builders got against black text? If the text were simply made black, it would make things much easier to read.

[nekomajin]

nekomajin @Guest last edited by

@mw-op
You mean a whole pixel? Unbelievable!

16px is a common font size. Why do you have to play with this too?

[tree1891]

tree1891 last edited by tree1891

15 px(odd pixels) makes text less clear.

15px -
16px -