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Re:Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News by ebg13 on Sunday September 01, 2019 @06:09PM (#20855320)
All elements are super tiny unless you force zoom on them. The CSS says that all fonts are 10pt or _smaller_. There are 7pt fonts defined in there! Everything else is specified in exact pixels. Vote arrows are 10x10 pixels. Do you realize how small 10x10 pixels is on a modern display?
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Re:Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News by reificator on Sunday September 01, 2019 @07:45PM (#20855714)
> Do you realize how small 10x10 pixels is on a modern display?

CSS `px` units are not equivalent to a device pixel.

https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#absolute-lengths

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Re:Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News by ebg13 on Sunday September 01, 2019 @11:25PM (#20856551)
That doesn't make it better. 10px at 1/96 inch per px makes them only 2.6mm.
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