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Comment author: [deleted] 20 April 2011 10:36:34PM 6 points [-]

This could be added as a user preference, like it is in fanfiction.net.

Comment author: Alicorn 20 April 2011 10:38:59PM 4 points [-]

I approve in general of people being able to manipulate stuff with preferences, but "like fanfiction.net" made me shiver.

Comment author: sketerpot 21 April 2011 06:36:49AM 0 points [-]

The nice thing about fanfiction.net's design is that it's compatible with readability, which replaces its design with a more pleasant and relaxing one.

Comment author: hwc 21 April 2011 12:13:31AM 0 points [-]

FF.net does that, but they do it wrong. They do it as a fixed percentage of the screen, not a fixed max-width.

Comment author: satt 21 April 2011 07:12:03AM 0 points [-]

Maybe LW user preferences could give users the choice of doing it either way? (I.e. as a fixed percentage or a fixed number of pixels.)

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 21 April 2011 12:44:29AM *  0 points [-]

Does FF.net do anything related to usability right :)

Comment author: Alicorn 21 April 2011 12:54:42AM 4 points [-]

...The text is readable against the background?

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 21 April 2011 12:57:50AM 0 points [-]

Score one for FF.net :)

Comment author: JoshuaZ 21 April 2011 12:46:08AM 0 points [-]

Yes, they have a very simple interface. There are a fair number of sites that are hideously unnavigable just because the interfaces have so many options and are so colorful that it is hard to quickly move one's eyes over for what one is looking. FF.net keeps things simple.

Comment author: Cayenne 21 April 2011 03:59:17AM *  2 points [-]

I hate hate hate the top mouseover menu that pops down and pushes what I wanted to click out from underneath my mouse. Bad FF.Net!

Edit - please disregard this post

Comment author: Alicorn 21 April 2011 04:20:15AM 1 point [-]

Okay, it's not saturated with color and it doesn't have animated anythings, but in every other way it is overcomplicated and hard to navigate and has bad signage.

Comment author: ameriver 21 April 2011 07:07:27AM 0 points [-]

...except advertisements, of course.

Comment author: Alicorn 21 April 2011 01:14:50PM 1 point [-]

Adblock ftw.

Comment author: ameriver 21 April 2011 02:18:34PM 1 point [-]

Is this something I can easily obtain?

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 21 April 2011 03:00:05PM *  1 point [-]

It depends on your browser, but probably. It's a popular enough extension that I'd be pretty surprised if any browser that can do extensions at all doesn't have something equivalent.

(Also possibly notable: If you're using Firefox, pressing 'esc' will stop all animated gifs on the page until the page is reloaded.)

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