[TriLUG] Preview of new TriLUG website

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

I like the way it looks.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 13:04:11 -0400
> Aaron Schrab via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > The steering committee is looking to replace the current,
> > Drupal-based TriLUG website with one built using Jekyll in order to
> > simplify the maintenance of our server.
> >
> > A preview of the new site can be seen at http://test.trilug.org/
> >
> > If you have any feedback on this site please let us know, either by
> > replying here or to steering@ .
>
> Nice. Good looking, responsive (very shrinkable), simple.
>
> If you want it to be read comfortably by people with bad vision, a few
> changes would be good:
>
> 1) You hard code a font size, overriding the settings the reader has
>    set for his browser to match his visual acuity. The font is a little
>    small. I will say this though: The font is so sharp it looks like it
>    was etched with a diamond cutter,  and that *does* to an extent help
>    readability.
>
> 2) Too little contrast between darkgray foreground text and lightgray
>    background. If you want this easily read by people with poor visual
>    acuity, I'd recommend making the text #000000 and the background a
>    fair amount lighter. I understand some people find a white
>    background offensive, but at least make it lighter.
>
> 3) The top menu has a serious contrast problem. Its normal color should
>    be its current hover color, and its new hover color should be either
>    a real color (perhaps yellow) or reverse video. I think both these
>    things are pretty easy to do.
>
> This isn't some snowflake griping about aesthetics. This determines how
> long people with bad vision will spend with the site before visual
> fatigue makes them go elsewhere.
>
> SteveT
>
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