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Re:Balancing text for better readability by FooBarWidget on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:11AM (#5188502)
Which device are you using and with what light settings? I've received one report from a user saying that the text on my site is "unreadable" due to the contrast but nobody inside my organization can see what the problem is, so I'm interested in how other people are experiencing such problems.
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Re:Balancing text for better readability by arethuza on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:16AM (#5188530)
I'm using a 17" Dell M6500 running Windows 7 and the text is unpleasant to unread in all browsers I have installed (Firefox 18.0.2, Chrome 24.0.1312.57 and even IE 9).

It looks quite a bit better on my external monitor - which is 1600x900 rather than the 1900x1200 of my laptop display.

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Re:Balancing text for better readability by FuriousFingers on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:24AM (#5188578)
FWIW, the text looks fantastic on a retina ipad (on safari). It could do with being a bit darker to increase contrast, but still it looked great and was easy to read. So screen resolution seems to make a difference.
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Re:Balancing text for better readability by 3pt14159 on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:33AM (#5188647)
Ubuntu Chrome & Firefox On MacbookAir screen: horrible on dell side monitor: amazing.
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Re:Balancing text for better readability by edanm on Friday February 08, 2013 @12:10PM (#5188870)
I'm on a MacbookAir(OSX) running Chrome, looks fine to me.
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Re:Balancing text for better readability by cowsaysoink on Friday February 08, 2013 @01:50PM (#5189444)
That's because you have OSX font rendering, here is what it looks like on ubuntu: http://i.imgur.com/YysUNuX.png

I'd hate to see what it looks like on windows (especially chrome which makes fonts even thinner).

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Re:Balancing text for better readability by joshuacc on Friday February 08, 2013 @02:45PM (#5189717)
Chrome on Win 7: http://screencast.com/t/S6OTjtWpKI
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Re:Balancing text for better readability by lucian1900 on Friday February 08, 2013 @04:37PM (#5190275)
Same on iOS for me. Totally unreadable.
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