Timeline for We are switching to system fonts on May 10, 2021
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| May 12, 2021 at 19:22 | comment | added | Kevin B | @hkotsubo those were meta users, the only users opinions' who matter are those who get "randomly" picked in the surveys on SO main. | |
| May 12, 2021 at 17:09 | history | edited | Aaron ShekeyStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10, 2021 at 12:43 | comment | added | hkotsubo | @KonradRudolph Fair enough, but what about all the people who upvoted the request to revert back to 1.3? Or the suggestions to put this in user preferences (which would make everyone happy)? Anyway, it's pointless to continue discussing it, as SE probably won't change this, and keep doing whatever they want (I wonder if community feedback still matters, because based on the last changes, it seems that it doesn't). Anyway, I'll just keep using my userscripts (not the ideal solution, but still better than relying on SE's design decisions) | |
| May 10, 2021 at 12:28 | comment | added | hkotsubo | @KonradRudolph Let's see: they changed to 1.6, people complained and asked to revert back to 1.3, they changed to not-so-terrible-but-still-bad 1.5 - perhaps they didn't "ignore", but didn't listen anyway, doing something they thought it could be a solution (but it's not what was requested). So let's just say they partially ignored (just pretended to listen the community, but in the end kept their decision to increase line height). But that's just for line height, because in the case of blockquotes, they completely ignored the request to revert the change. | |
| May 10, 2021 at 8:31 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | @hkotsubo Saying that SO ignored the request is flat out false. In fact, the new design used a 1.6x spacing and in response to the request SE changed the spacing to 1.5x (and changed it further for monospaced fonts to make box art work). Maybe you’re still not happy with that but it’s unfair and unnecessary to lie about SO responding to the request. | |
| May 9, 2021 at 3:39 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | I personally prefer the larger line heights. Also reduces line height unevenness when there is tag-markup in post text, as that requires more vertical space. | |
| May 7, 2021 at 20:02 | comment | added | hkotsubo | I agree with you, but unfortunately I believe this won't happen. SE simply ignored the request you linked (despite all the upvotes) and did whatever they wanted to do, regardless of what the community said. A middle term was also suggested (put that in preferences and let everybody chooses whatever line height they want), but even that was completely ignored. All the recent design changes was unilaterally made, ignoring any community's feedback. Therefore, the only alternative that's left to us are userscripts (mine is called "fix crap layout", BTW) | |
| May 7, 2021 at 8:53 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | (And if we’re bikeshedding, I’d prefer a slightly tighter spacing than 1.5 with the specific typeface and line length in the screenshots. But I’d also prefer properly typeset, justified paragraphs and no modern browser can do this properly so it’s not happening.) | |
| May 7, 2021 at 8:40 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | Just to offer an opposing point of view, I find your 1.5x line-height screenshot more readable. 1.3x looks cramped. And to put this statement into context: I am hawkish about not wasting vertical space for code readability, and I consciously broke my University’s rule when submitting my PhD thesis because I refused to adhere to their overly large line spacing requirements. So I’m certainly not biased towards large line spacing. | |
| May 7, 2021 at 0:28 | history | answered | iBug says Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |