88 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)
View submission: An Improved Web Experience
The new mobile layout is so difficult to read. Comments are much narrower than before due to the weird different colored background + padding that was added. The constant flip between light mode homepage and dark mode comments is really disorientating. As an accessibility engineer and someone with disabilities, you've taken a very narrow approach to what accessible design means.
In terms of clean design, on mobile the new join CTA and the collapsed menu next to it are wider than the post thumbnail, it looks accidental. Not to mention that thumbnails are so small that they're completely useless. The title font is so big most posts end up breaking up into paragraph sized lines. You can only ever see 2-3 posts max, and half the time one of those is an ad. Making the posts take up more vertical space get you better scroll metrics, but again it fails as an accessible design (imo).
I do consultations if you need a11y input from a front end dev. I'm only half joking, it frustrates me so much to see a11y effort end at the bare minimum of labels and alt text.
Comment by joyventure at 23/03/2023 at 21:24 UTC
-29 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Thanks for the a11y feedback – we really appreciate it. Want to make sure we understand exactly what you’re referring to in your comment so we’re looking at the same page and can give you the best reply! Can you share a screenshot?