My 'quick and dirty' attempt to show that minimalism should extend beyond just visuals - The same graphic as PNG which is about 60% smaller: http://imgur.com/mLdDj04 (admittedly I don't know the exact original font but the point stands).

Also, what are visually impaired people meant to do? A minimalist site should be much easier to keep screen-reader friendly. Pictures of text are not recommended.

Minimalism doesn't mean bare or absolute essentials. It means that any decoration will be minimalistic itself too.

And giant letters + a yellow circle sounds absolutely that.

It's not about just a textfile in black letters on white text.

i appreciate that, I admit that I had the same thought before about if the image adds value to the blog post, and I keep it because I think the yellow circle represent the heaviness of that question and adds more focus. thank you

Thanks for taking the criticism seriously.

You know, my comment was too harshly worded. It had a mean tone that was not my intention. I hate it when people give snarky criticism online, and then I go and do it myself... Sorry about that.

please don't say that because I accept it. It is my first publication, I want to learn more from that comment. thanks

Not only that, he uses Medium, which I do not consider minimalistic at all.

As opposed to what? Compared to 99% of the web, the Medium is, and has been designed from the start to be, minimal.

(Not talking about page size -- talking about design).

I am not trying to dis Medium, nor advertise or propose an alternative. I was just pointing out that it seemed ironic the contrast between the title of the post, and the medium --no pun intended-- used.

Yes, but what I'm asking is what's ironic about it?

As far as content websites go, Medium is as minimalistic itself as they come.

They literally put all the emphasis on the content.