> It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem.
This is only true when your Web activity is limited to reading a static page of text, which is only one of many (albeit more common) use cases for the web.
I love reader mode too but the assertion that web design is never a solution to a problem is silly. Am I supposed to turn on reader mode on YouTube, Codepen, AudioNodes, an interactive tutorial, or a captivating experience website on Awaards.com? The modern web is so much more than text now.
Nonetheless, I agree... Most articles I read from HN would be intolerable or literally unusable without reader mode.
This is only true when your Web activity is limited to reading a static page of text, which is only one of many (albeit more common) use cases for the web.
I love reader mode too but the assertion that web design is never a solution to a problem is silly. Am I supposed to turn on reader mode on YouTube, Codepen, AudioNodes, an interactive tutorial, or a captivating experience website on Awaards.com? The modern web is so much more than text now.
Nonetheless, I agree... Most articles I read from HN would be intolerable or literally unusable without reader mode.