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Re:The Berkshire Hathaway Site is a master class in human-ce... by waheoo on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:25AM (#22874486)
You shouldnt conflate browser defaults with good usability.

Sure its generally speaking a good rule of thumb to follow but saying the default is the right thing to do because its a default is a logical fallacy. Its appealing to authority for no actual reason.

Why is the default the default? Is it because of user studies or is it because a developer said thats the easiest thing to implement in the time i have available.

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Re:The Berkshire Hathaway Site is a master class in human-ce... by ogre_codes on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:29PM (#22881245)
> You shouldnt conflate browser defaults with good usability.

It's a fair point, but rather vague. Perhaps if you gave an example of where you disagree it might be more useful a criticism.

BRK's page is not ideal by any means and I don't think my post or the original article suggested as much.

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Re:The Berkshire Hathaway Site is a master class in human-ce... by colourgarden on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:17AM (#22875620)
Somewhat related - the CSS Working Group maintains a list of design mistakes they and their predecessors made.

https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes

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