Re:Show HN: Fix contrast, a free browser extension that fixe...
by NBJack on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:11AM
(#27448046)
Thank you for doing this. It's frustrating when websites either (a) require you to have a perfectly calibrated monitor to view the content or (b) require you to have a monitor as color-broken as the author's to view the content.
I don't think people realize sometimes how much variance is out there, among both desktops and laptops, in how the grayscale in particular is rendered.
Re:Show HN: Fix contrast, a free browser extension that fixe...
by jvzr on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:07AM
(#27445427)
This is highly interesting to me (very bad vision thanks to keratoconus, can't stand contacts, and trying to wear my glasses less often for reasons). I can't wait to see this extension available for Safari (and on iOS 15 too!)
Re:Show HN: Fix contrast, a free browser extension that fixe...
by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:27AM
(#27445956)
That's great, thank you! Some design gurus once proposed that high contrast is unaesthetic and many designers amplified this message leading to unnecessary eyestrain among users.
That said, I personally try to stay away from browser plugins that I haven't written myself or I can't easily inspect the source code of, and whenever I can I solve this particular problem by using the Reader Mode if available.
Re:Show HN: Fix contrast, a free browser extension that fixe...
by kilian on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:10AM
(#27447454)
That's fair. For what it's worth: the code runs fully in the browser and never calls out or uses any external service. It's just a bunch of CSS and JS files on disk :)
I don't think people realize sometimes how much variance is out there, among both desktops and laptops, in how the grayscale in particular is rendered.
That said, I personally try to stay away from browser plugins that I haven't written myself or I can't easily inspect the source code of, and whenever I can I solve this particular problem by using the Reader Mode if available.
But I am planning on making an extension for every (modern) browser that can have one.