Re:Goodreads Is Broken
by CannisterFlux on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:59AM
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I turned off web fonts in Firefox settings to be able to read the site easier. The recommendations seem pretty good though, so it is worth a bit of "suffering".
Thanks! I appreciate your points.
> I find the current font a bit illegible
It takes a lot of effort to read it. I'd say that for me it's 80% unreadable. Please, at least make a button on the site to select another font if a user feels like I do.
A couple of points. All my searches selected an (in my opinion) less prominent result as the top hit and I had to click the "see other results". The searches I remember doing were "Blood Meridian" (should show Cormac McCarthy as top hit and "Waiting for the Barbarians" (J. M. Coetzee).
Secondly, I'm not sure if it's sensible to show books by the same author, at least nowhere near the top.
Lastly, while I like the UI and the idea of a handwriting-type font, I find the current font a bit illegible. It's readable, but doesn't skim well.
Will definitely be using this in the future!