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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
I have to agree with you on this one. I do not understand the appeal of grey font on websites. I understand (don't like, but understand) that they're designing everything for tablets with great resolution nowadays - making everything way too big for my normal laptop screen. But why the heck would they think lightening the font was a good idea?!
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It's everywhere.
Tiny, thin, and grey fonts are the norm nowadays. Sometime ago my e-mail program (AquaMail; best mail program on Android since years, IMHO) updated, and it was nigh unreadable. Browsing the settings revealed a new option: "Use thin modern fonts", which was enabled by default. It made the fonts really thin and grey. Disabling it brought the normal fonts back again. I'm just glad they provided the option.
The fonts in the "Device" settings panel for the Ubiquiti access point I mentioned earlier in the thread a thin, grey, and tiny. And that is with the laptop screen already set to 150%, as I can't read 1920x1080 on 15.6 inch...
The reviewers describe the Ubiquiti AP software as "USer friendly and looking modern." I'd describe is as bog slow, and hard to read because of a tiny interface.
I still wonder why interfaces need to be so small nowadays, and half the stuff is hidden in side panels (under non-descript buttons), where software 15 years ago just used crystal clear menu options, and displayed a large dialog in the middle of the screen. But that's... old... I guess.