[Haskell-cafe] Bind the GAP barely legible?

[Jonn Mostovoy]

I believe that it's important to chime in:

 1. I support Haskell content in any form
 2. I have experienced physiological response to the first issue of GAP, so
I couldn't read it (headache)
 3. It probably can mitigated by simply providing text source of the
articles.

The Internet is for text after all.


—
Kindest regards,
¬Σ


On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 9:34 PM Jack Kelly via Haskell-Cafe <
haskell-cafe at haskell.org> wrote:

> The editors of BtG appear to quite deliberately take a bold step away from
> the "normal" design styles people use when writing about Haskell. When
> someone is doing something a bit different, it might be worth being a bit
> more careful, concrete, and kind with feedback than usual. Recall that we
> almost didn't have Advent of Haskell 2020: the announcements derailed into
> arguments about the absence of an RSS feed and the organisers nearly threw
> it in.
>
> In the spirit of the above, I'd suggest something like this to the authors:
>
> - I really liked the overall content. It clearly took a lot of effort to
> collect, they managed to organise some really great authors, and there's
> stuff in there for different skill levels. Congratulations.
> - The "fun" in the design is not _personally_ my style, and I do find it a
> little hard to get through. The good news is that the loudest stuff is
> mostly done outside and between articles, rather than inline. I like this
> because they get to have fun with the design, and I can read the articles.
> - There are a few places where the fun makes the text harder to read
> (Rank'n'Roll, some of the callouts in the Dependent Types article)
> - Some pages are difficult to read due to low contrast between text and
> background. Lightweight fonts can make this harder, too. (Examples: Pure
> Gold (p27) and Deriving All The Way (p13,14) (the body is easier to read
> than Pure Gold, but the lightweight song text I found tough).)
>
> Suggestions:
>
> - Select a standard font/size/weight for most article body text.
> - Check text vs. background colours using something like
> https://contrastchecker.com/ . WCAG AAA is more than just text contrast,
> but this is an easy and objective check.
> - Check the designs of callout boxes for readability. If using underlaid
> images, consider making them more subtle, or think about switching to solid
> blocks of colour with themed doodads on the edges. (Good example: p9 has
> easy-to-read callouts.)
>
> HTH,
>
> -- Jack
>
> January 20, 2021 6:43 AM, "MigMit" <migmit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not just you; however, I have to admit I didn't know about GAP at
> all until you brought it up.
> >
> >> On 19 Jan 2021, at 19:55, Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane at dukhovni.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 19, 2021, at 4:51 PM, Albert Krewinkel <
> albert+haskell at zeitkraut.de> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think I quite understand the purpose of sending this
> > message. BtG is not a community project, the contact info of the
> > authors is very easy to find, and it is far too easy to interpret
> > the mail as an opinionated rant about design choices.
> >
> > If you are interested in changing their concept (which,
> > personally, I'd be sad to see happening), why not contact the
> > authors?
> >> Well, as stated, I was wondering whether in fact it was just me,
> >> or whether perhaps others potentially interested in reading the
> >> content were deterred by the design. Perhaps there's indeed an
> >> audience for the chosen design...
> >>
> >> --
> >> Viktor.
> >>
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