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Re:Design of This Website (2021) by martin_a on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @07:14AM (#30930756)
That is some solid bullshit and is exactly the opposite of everything known in design theory and studies alike.

Left-aligning text actually helps by providing a fixed start, so your eyes/brain know that they have to start left and a little bit lower. With your way it's exactly the opposite.

Will save further details, doesn't look like it's worth the time.

Re:Design of This Website (2021) by samizdat311 on Saturday April 09, 2022 @01:15PM (#30969878)
Thank you. Reading their original comment & looking at the site: I assumed it was a troll? Seems like they're deliberately doing the opposite of what makes for good UX / reader experience.

* Tiny non-standard font size.

* Their rationale for right text alignment is the exact inverse of why left-aligned text is widely regarded to increase readability. (Also they don't seem to understand what justification means in paragraph formatting).

* Navigation bar falls in the exact area (right edge) where most users' eye gaze rarely falls. (Top left, top right, mid left are the areas where eye-tracking studies show left-to-right language users fixate).

* Weird Geocities-style pinned background with distracting colours.

* Inconsistent use of capitalisation on headers / pages. etc. etc.

Re:Design of This Website (2021) by bdlowery on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:58AM (#30941865)
Yeah. The dude is a Grade-A asshole. His site is complete garbage, yet he insists that it's amazing. I've never seen someone so confidently wrong in every single reply to criticism ever.
Re:Design of This Website (2021) by hypertele-Xii on Thursday April 07, 2022 @04:10AM (#30941937)
Says the guy whose site has a slowly fading in full-screen banner with "Hello! I'm a web designer"

By the way, your link "My Work" under "What I want" is a 404.

I don't think you should be criticising anyone xD

Re:Design of This Website (2021) by bdlowery on Friday April 08, 2022 @02:13AM (#30953838)
Oh, I didn't realize that. When I move it to my own server that shouldn't be an issue. The peprojects.dev domain is for student work. Thanks for the tip!