I have a preference for the “orange on white” theme first over “brutalist” second. I’d like to like the dark bg theme but I prefer the less-bold headings.
The Simple Theme is mostly the one I like most – it’s the one that actually feels like LessWrong to me. Except that the gray background is unnecessarily hard to read, and some of the choices seem a bit random.
I think if that had a white background, and some of the other styling choices felt a bit more harmonious (new comments are Bright Red?), it’d be pretty perfect for me. (I thought about creating a variant, but, like, I’m kinda busy making LesserWrong.com better. :P)
Macbook pro (just prior to the current generation, 2017)
To be clear, the grey didn’t seem, like, impossible to read – it seemed within the window of reasonable design choices… just… somewhat lower contrast, for AFAICT no particular benefit. (Edit: I tacked on this disclaimer since I thought your question implied my experience was particularly dependent on screen tech, but maybe you were just being thorough)
Sorry, yes, should’ve been more clear—I was just being thorough. I make a habit of asking people what they’re viewing my sites on, regardless of whether I think any given aspect of the browsing experience is dependent on any particular variation in hardware/etc. (Helps me get a more complete picture.)
do you mean LesserWrong.com? I wasn’t actually trying to format that as a link, just using it to refer to the concept (I almost said ”this site” since that’s where I’m typing from but then realized that didn’t actually communicate information)
Meta: State your preference.
I have a preference for the “orange on white” theme first over “brutalist” second. I’d like to like the dark bg theme but I prefer the less-bold headings.
The Simple Theme is mostly the one I like most – it’s the one that actually feels like LessWrong to me. Except that the gray background is unnecessarily hard to read, and some of the choices seem a bit random.
I think if that had a white background, and some of the other styling choices felt a bit more harmonious (new comments are Bright Red?), it’d be pretty perfect for me. (I thought about creating a variant, but, like, I’m kinda busy making LesserWrong.com better. :P)
Can I ask what sort of device you’re viewing the site on? Thanks!
Macbook pro (just prior to the current generation, 2017)
To be clear, the grey didn’t seem, like, impossible to read – it seemed within the window of reasonable design choices… just… somewhat lower contrast, for AFAICT no particular benefit. (Edit: I tacked on this disclaimer since I thought your question implied my experience was particularly dependent on screen tech, but maybe you were just being thorough)
Sorry, yes, should’ve been more clear—I was just being thorough. I make a habit of asking people what they’re viewing my sites on, regardless of whether I think any given aspect of the browsing experience is dependent on any particular variation in hardware/etc. (Helps me get a more complete picture.)
Anyway, thanks for the info!
looks like that link didn’t come out because of the formatting.
do you mean LesserWrong.com? I wasn’t actually trying to format that as a link, just using it to refer to the concept (I almost said ”this site” since that’s where I’m typing from but then realized that didn’t actually communicate information)
(I think the default style has the best overall feel, just doesn’t feel especially like LessWrong to me)
Good idea—I’d love to know which theme people prefer!
I use the default theme, myself (though I regularly do some browsing with each of the themes, to make sure there are no glitches, etc.).