It's now harder to read and analyze issue summary. In the previous version of design I could quickly find current status of the issue.
I guess it's because of the following problems:

  • font size is smaller than before
  • sumary rows are same colors
  • there's no borders
  • colors are the same as of issue text

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crea’s picture

crea commented

I mean the summary at the top of issue page (e.g. this page).

joachim’s picture

joachim commented

Yes, I'm finding this too.

It's harder than it was to quickly take in the essentials of an issue.

EvanDonovan’s picture

EvanDonovan commented
Title: Issue summary is hard to read & analyze » Issue summary is harder to read & analyze

I would agree with this.

The site design is cleaner overall, but the relative "lightness" of the fonts used makes it more difficult to skim an issue in the issue queue.

Could the font size be brought up a notch on the issue pages, perhaps? Failing that, could the status info about the issue at the top be in a larger font, with a 2px grey border maybe?

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

"Lucida Grande","DejaVu Sans" .. what an odd font stack. Studies show that Arial or Helvetica is easier to read.
My suggestions:
increase line spacing
increase font size
lighten text color
use Arial or Verdana for content text

I changed my Firefox Stylesheet so I could use the site without squinting (maybe I need glasses!). Now it is more in line with other content-centric websites.
Maybe I went to big for the font but here is what I used in userContent.css in Firefox:

/*
* Make Drupal.org more readable
*/
@-moz-document domain(drupal.org) {
p, li {
color:#424242;
font-family:arial;
font-size:105% !important;
line-height:1.45em;
} 
}
verta’s picture

verta commented
Title: Issue summary is harder to read & analyze (Increase font size & make outline more obvious) » Issue summary is harder to read & analyze
Project: Bluecheese » Drupal.org Redesign
Component: Code » Everything Else
Issue tags: -drupal.org redesign

I am +1 for darker text - nothing wrong with black text on my screen and tired eyes, especially since they have chosen fuzzy fonts at smallish sizes. A three-legged stool of readability, color, clarity, composition? Sounds like grading diamonds.

There are issues open on this topic.
Darker text
#919640: Darker font color -- and justification for gray

Font stack
#912936: Change font family

if you'd like to join in there.

More on text in Bluecheese
http://drupal.org/project/issues/user?text=text&projects=Bluecheese&stat...

The designers seem emotionally involved in their art, and I commend them for their work, but readability seems to be still an issue on browsers and platforms they don't use. The discussions seem to be winding down and changes coming less often, so it's settling in for a stay, I think.

I would suggest moving this issue to the Bluecheese issue queue (change the project and category) since it is referring to the style sheet entry for
a div with
id="project-issue-summary-table" class="summary"
which is part of the theme, not the redesign itself.

EvanDonovan’s picture

EvanDonovan commented
Title: Issue summary is harder to read & analyze » Issue summary is harder to read & analyze (Increase font size & make outline more obvious)
Project: Drupal.org Redesign » Bluecheese
Component: Everything Else » Code
Issue tags: +drupal.org redesign

Moving to Bluecheese queue sounds sensible. I think that the theme is fairly readable on Mac, but has more issues on PCs, at least in Win XP (haven't tried on 7).

joachim’s picture

joachim commented

I find it hard to read on a Mac :)

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Title: Issue summary is harder to read & analyze » Issue summary is harder to read & analyze (Increase font size & make outline more obvious)
Project: Drupal.org Redesign » Bluecheese
Component: Everything Else » Code
Issue tags: +drupal.org redesign

Hard to read on Win XP and Win 7.

mgifford’s picture

mgifford
he/him
Primary language English
commented
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Postponed
Issue tags: +Accessibility

Has this been fixed as part of the upgrade? Readability seems fine to me, but not sure I'm looking at the right spot.

drumm’s picture

drumm
he/him
Location NY, US
commented
Version: » 7.x-1.x-dev
Status: Postponed » Closed (cannot reproduce)

I think this was fixed, or at least changed, in the D7 upgrade.