New Slate of Design
Andrew Cory
Man, is it ugly. Try this: on Firefox hit [Ctrl]+[+]. Now do it again. That’s how me and my week eyes habitually read webpages. Now, look at how Slate handles that. ugly. It’s not as if Slate’s new font were so big that it doesn’t need being made bigger, either...
Also, I don’t know what it is about this mix of colors, but they are unappealing together. I hate white text on any background—Slate’s frequent use of it is jarring. The new “look-ma-no-round-edges” seems like something fresh from 1997. Also: I’ve got a 19 inch monitor. Slate is using only about 12 inches of it—when maximized. I’d hate to think what sort of one-word-per-column mess I’d get if I made the window any smaller...
Perhaps this is a retro look designed to remind readers of their founding a decade ago? If so, switch it back...
