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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by staplers on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @05:57PM (#40434555) 

  Every "mobile friendly" menu site is able to show maybe 5 items on the page at once
This is due to accessibility regulations. Apple design guidelines and Material guidelines explicitly state how small font can and should be. Ask any designer you know.
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by nemomarx on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @07:38PM (#40435589)
My phone has a text size setting, and if I needed bigger text for readability I could set it - why can't we have that conveyed as a user preference somehow?
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by adamhartenz on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @08:17PM (#40435912)
You just said it yourself. Your phone provides that preference. But a good default is essential, and given to us based on Apple and Googles research, which was probably actually done by Nielsen Norman Group
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by coryrc on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:27PM (#40436399)
I'm glad my betters dictate what can be done.
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by JohnFen on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:56AM (#40441811)
The "good default" should be the default size that the browser uses, in my opinion. The designer of the website is not in a position to know what the best font size is.
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by mewpmewp2 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @10:21PM (#40436714)
But is it right to punish everyone else because of accessibility reasons?
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by staplers on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:37AM (#40442293)
Is it right that I was downvoted heavily for stating a fact?
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by mewpmewp2 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:13PM (#40447995)
No, that is not right at all.
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by infotainment on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @11:55PM (#40437158)
Not necessarily; WCAG doesn’t actually mandate a minimum font size, only that your fonts respect the user zoom and font size settings.
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Re:What UI density means and how to design for it by cheq on Thursday May 23, 2024 @09:53AM (#40454746)
No, there are physical limits, and those are the ones determining mobile screens.
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