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Comment by jer0me | Hacker News Reader

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24803857

Some things I noticed:

  - Sidebar text leading adjusts with window height
  - Blazing-fast search
  - Table rows highlight on hover
  - Unwavering commitment to grayscale images which make scanning easier (https://www.mcmaster.com/snacks/)
  - No tracking scripts (per uBlock Origin)

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This is user experience design in its highest form, born out of an intimate understanding of the target customer. Very nice to see it showcased here.

The lack of tracking scripts is telling. Adding them would clearly be detrimental to performance, and it’s dubious whether any insights could be so obtained. Always good to remember that observation changes the thing observed.

I will say, one thing I do wish it had was the ability to configure the test size. Everything is so tiny and I feel like I have to squint.

I wonder how they arrived at default 10.5pt font.

command or control + in your browser takes care of that.

> - Complete commitment to grayscale images which make scanning easier (https://www.mcmaster.com/snacks/)

Liars: https://www.mcmaster.com/product/3542N11

(I'm pretty sure that's an oversight but the fact that I have to dig hard just to find this is funny)

Ok, very funny. Two comments:

1. Oh dear, they are not RoHS compliant.

2. Where’s the CAD model?

ah, is that the reason for this line?

Cannot Be Sold To: Canada

Most clothing is in colour (just not the categories) https://www.mcmaster.com/clothing/

Also (inconsistently) other objects where it might matter https://www.mcmaster.com/high-visibility/

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