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Light grey type on a white background: no thanks. Write to be read and understood, and that includes presentation.

At least the type seemed bigger than 8 point in the two seconds I spent on the page




> Please don't complain about website formatting

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


Form me (iPad ios 14) it shows up as black on white (your comment currently shows up as grey on cream).

In any case: if this bothers you, a “reader mode” (such as built into safari) should be your default for most sites


Looks like black type on a white background in my browser (other than the author name). Highlighted text is white text on dark red background. Seems readable to me.




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