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Comment by andrewfelix | Hacker News Reader

More power to you. But can you please make the article more readable? That background texture and drop shadow is causing me considerable eye-strain.

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I'm actually surprised so many people read it.

I switched to the tab, said "Ouch, my eyes," and left.

FWIW, I went back and took a screenshot, it currently looks like this for me: http://jlarocco.com/crap/ouch_my_eyes.jpg

This is a great point. Do you have any suggestions?

If you send me the CSS code that would help make it more readable, I'll make it live.

Drop the drop shadow and the wooden floor background. Don't use 298301pt fonts for the headings.

Not to be disrespectful, just helpful, but I'd start with these three simple things. Right now the page looks tacky and doesn't invite you to read the content.

The piece itself is great by the way.

This. Definitely.

Don't forget to take a look at your site without your custom font. Firefox, for example, doesn't load it at all in 3.6 or 8, and it looks like crap.

Thank you for telling me this. I will get on it.

Wow, that was a quick and positive response.

Without going into your css, perhaps just create a semi transparent white panel behind the text. It's a lovely site otherwise.

Thanks. I will try that. Talking to a designer friend right now, since I am not sure what would work best.

If you have any other suggestions, please email me (flaviu@eval.me)

Laminate flooring as a site background was never a good idea. Dark text (#444444 or darker) and light, non-photo background. That alone will get you 95% of the way there.

For what it is worth, I liked the design. It shows that you think differently from others.

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