Popular Post watthong Posted July 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2021 I hope whoever is in charge of designing this website is reading this: Yes, you're young/attractive, intelligent, eyes bright like laser, etc. But please have pity on most of us readers on this forum. Soon we'll be blinded trying to glean over your new font. Our grandchildren are roughly your age...Now we can tell them, we don't know whether we'll die of Covid or go blind surfing on Thaivisa, oops sorry, Asean Now (sorry for not all CAPITAL) - whichever comes first. 5 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jvs Posted July 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Thank you OP. Yes it is <deleted> terrible to read,specially the black bar at the bottom that pops up when a new reaction comes in,why do you have to click that anyway? I better shut up now. Edited July 3, 2021 by metisdead 8.) You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages, vulgarities, obscenities or profanities. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watthong Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 10 hours ago, jvs said: Thank you OP. Yes it is <deleted> terrible to read,specially the black bar at the bottom that pops up when a new reaction comes in,why do you have to click that anyway? I better shut up now. Yes, that black bar is like trying to see from the bottom of a swamp. I assumed AN must have combed SE Asia beaches many times over in order to find this top-tier web designer. I hope more would chip in with comments and keep this topic afloat in the hope that the power that be have mercy on us. For now I'm doing my own "optimized" font for the sake of all concerned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 10 hours ago, jvs said: Thank you OP. Yes it is <deleted> terrible to read,specially the black bar at the bottom that pops up when a new reaction comes in,why do you have to click that anyway? I better shut up now. have you tried again to OFF the Dark Mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, watthong said: I hope more would chip in with comments and keep this topic afloat in the hope that the power that be have mercy on us. It was able to be fixed by clicking on the "Theme" link at the bottom of the page............but that has disappeared now, SADLY. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ignis Posted July 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2021 Agreed for my poor old eyes this new font is terrible to read 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, ignis said: Agreed for my poor old eyes this new font is terrible to read yeah... pretty sad when this below is the quickest, easiest temporary circumvent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I don't have a problem I put those things called eye glasses on. The black bar goes away in seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted July 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) I stand firm: the original font is a sick joke. I have a bookmark folder with 11 sites and open web mail site separate. None of these is as bad as "AseanNow". But where there is a will there is a way. Installed one of many force fonts addons for Firefox and then zoomed to 120% (what I always did). The addon allows to switch on/off with a single click, so that you can deactivate for other sites. Of course zoom alone helps a bit but the hair fine font is still an eye sore. The default (forced) fonts can be changed easily. The screenshot is with standard font settings for Firefox. Original in 100% zoom (from my 1920*1080 screen): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Forced fonts, 120% zoom: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited July 3, 2021 by KhunBENQ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 The appearance of the screenshots in previous post depends on your browser/view setting of course. Not easy to give a correct 1:1 impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kaoboi Bebobp Posted July 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2021 Yes, the skinny, sans serif text font is absolutely the worst font for reading, comparable to the text on a medical prescription label on a tiny bottle. I can't scan posts because I can't read them. Seems counter-productive, doesn't it? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post metisdead Posted July 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2021 The font color issue has been brought up with management and we have been advised that the fonts will be made darker on Monday, July 5. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maestro Posted July 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2021 The new, skinny font looks very elegant but because of the low contrast, it is difficult to read. This line is the same font, same size, but in solid black, ie maximum contrast. P.S. It makes some difference, but another font with more solid lines would still be more practical. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted July 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2021 Shockingly unreadable! Was no user testing done whatsoever? It rivals the naming of the car NOVA in Latin America. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 10:26 PM, ignis said: Agreed for my poor old eyes this new font is terrible to read This is a test of my new Braille keyboard with voice feedback. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 iesus christus! Is this the new font? Can't hardly see nuffink, never mind spell correctly. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Crazy, how are us old folk expected to read? Thing is some young computer nerd who did this thinks WOW what a good job i have done. Absolutely no though given to us old folk, who are the main stay of this forum. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted July 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2021 57 minutes ago, colinneil said: Thing is some young computer nerd who did this thinks WOW what a good job i have done. Absolutely, and it's not just the forum designers. In real-life (yes, I do have one) I deal with user interface (UI) designers on an annoyingly regular basis and it does seem that software engineers have weird eyesight (many of them are just plain weird). They seem to love skinny fonts in low contrast colours which, when viewed with older (or even not so old) eyes are totally illegible. I've lost count of the number of meetings I've had with UI designers about this, they just never seem to learn. The usual response is "it is in line with the guidelines", my response being "then the guidelines need fixing", "but they are Google guidelines", "so what!" punctuated by a virtual bang on the table (banging my desk in a Zoom meeting just makes my teacup jump). At least it pays the bills. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watthong Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 11:45 AM, metisdead said: The font color issue has been brought up with management and we have been advised that the fonts will be made darker on Monday, July 5. Just a friendly reminder, we're now on Monday, July 5, at 10:30 am to be exact, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post metisdead Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 11:45 AM, metisdead said: The font color issue has been brought up with management and we have been advised that the fonts will be made darker on Monday, July 5. An abusive post has been removed. I have asked management for an update on this issue. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I've been reading Thai Visa since 2004 and have seen many changes in that time. But this is the worst change that I have encountered in 17 years as a member and some time as a moderator. I do hope that this issue can be resolved quickly so I can at least enjoy reading the forum My eyes ain't what they used to be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 11:15 AM, KhunBENQ said: I stand firm: the original font is a sick joke. I agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Just now, Lorry said: I agree 100% I will just read the forum as little as possible. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 11:45 AM, metisdead said: The font color issue has been brought up with management and we have been advised that the fonts will be made darker on Monday, July 5. They are not darker yet, i was waiting and hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lorry said: They are not darker yet, i was waiting and hoping. Well depends on where the web designers are based does it not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, Excel said: Well depends on where the web designers are based does it not ? You mean they work with the calendar of galaxy TVF-935750? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Just now, Lorry said: You mean they work with the calendar of galaxy TVF-935750? Good you are optimistic and think they work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Well, seems that the font issue has now been resolved. Good news for those of us of a certain age. The promise was 5th July, so well done!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, dabhand said: Well, seems that the font issue has now been resolved. Good news for those of us of a certain age. The promise was 5th July, so well done!! Indeed althought it's still that horrible font. We shall see how the bods do fixing the other issues. I'll close this thread since the original problem is "fixed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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