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by LKNSI 1575 days ago
I hate it, but that is just utterly subjective. I haven't had the time to formulate and ask myself why yet (just saw it 10 minutes ago), but I just feel hatred towards the new design. Could possibly change.

The reduction of colors used that gave me visual hints feels like it's giving me less cognitive offloading - and I have to feel the new structure of the page. Maybe my hatred is just because of new(tm) - but yeah, others have given better reasons for their distaste, and more directed feedback.
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mmis1000 1575 days ago
I think the worst offender is the html section.

They decide to use the error color as primary color. So you can't even know it is a error icon/section now without read the text.

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kipple 1575 days ago
Agreed, this "primary color based on language" is a cute idea, but awful to actually consume. JavaScript (my most visited) is a low-contrast orange (especially when wrapped with inline-code styling).

Overall the new design does feel more slick, I think it has potential. But I wish they had focused more on readability/usefulness over "cuteness".

This site doesn't need to be "fun" — they've successfully created a useful tool. They should be proud of that, and keep building in that direction.

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LKNSI 1575 days ago
You're right! I just saw that. So now you have to remember the contextual meaning of the color when switching between areas of the site.
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mekster 1574 days ago
Somehow back around 2000, all the design changes felt things improved well.

Sometime around since 2010, most of the design changes seem to be going backwards and I'm starting to hate people change anything as nothing is improved practically.

It's like all changes are done via personal taste instead of through design philosophy for the many.

Like everyone else said, why do we now have to click on every browser name to see if it's supported on 99% people or it's supported on a browser released yesterday?

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LKNSI 1575 days ago
https://imgur.com/a/8r3SXaa
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LKNSI 1575 days ago
even subtle things like header font weights for section titles - is gone too.

sub headings have a larger font weight than the section titles themselves.

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