Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN?

Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by andyjohnson0 on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:16AM (#37928188)

I have a "flag" link between the submission link and the hide link.

  77 points by fodkodrasz 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 42 comments

I guess thats a function of having enough karma to enable flagging. Doesn't solve your immediate issue though.

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by Kiro on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:47AM (#37928600)

I think they mean the link above it, the actual outgoing link. So in your case it just adds another misclick vector.

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by caeril on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:04AM (#37928862)

I still don't understand the issue. Does OP have an extremely imprecise or very very low DPI mouse? I don't think I'd be able to accidentally misclick the link if I washed down three percocets with a fifth of vodka.

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by js2 on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:17AM (#37929033)

Very easy to misclick on a mobile device, even an iPad.

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by croes on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:15AM (#37929005)

Maybe OP uses a smartphone and a mobile browser

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