The vote wasn't on orbs, it was on fonts. I would have voted no the orbs too as they don't meet modern accessibility standards of 3.5:1 color contrast, and honestly the same colorized structure could be applied to something that isn't key metadata like usernames.

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy-duddy... this is what a community is all about.

This post was edited by Cascadian on Feb 19 2022 04:26pm

Your premise is the same, and orbs are a feature, but your post is insinuating you're against this suggestion

This post was edited by ChocolateCoveredGummyBears on Feb 19 2022 04:40pm

I don't think I can be more clear that I'm a strong advocate for accessibility standards for digital experiences.

Me too, just pointing out Orbs are basically the same in terms of readability. But they are a feature

It's tacky as hell. The site would look a mess if all users could use any font.



PS the guy you are arguing with, has already said he does not support orbs either. The thread is not about Orbs. It's about fonts.

This post was edited by Prospectz on Feb 19 2022 07:01pm

The reason I mentioned orbs was because fonts could work the same way and people who want them can have them, people who don't can turn it off.
And it's not any font, its the fonts already in the list of fonts you can use in your post. I probably should have said that.
I mean there's not many of them and the only one that isn't truly legible is cursive lol

This post was edited by CrackerSJ on Feb 19 2022 07:16pm

My point is, orbs degrade the readability just as much as custom fonts. He's saying his argument is because of readability, yet jsp has orbs

Voted no unfortunately

It’s a really cool idea but it’s just a case of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” for me.

It reminds me of the topics in the past relating to adding more colors for topic titles and I’m sure similar answers could apply here?*

This post was edited by Sn0 on Feb 22 2022 03:19am

I understand.
A vote is a vote and it's only a suggestion. I'm sure there are plenty of others well worth dev time over this.
I do agree with the legibility argument now that I've thought about it.
I'm sure I'll come up with more eventually.
Thank you everyone for voting and the reasoning behind it.

This post was edited by CrackerSJ on Feb 23 2022 01:10pm

Yeah, because it’s super difficult to exclude fonts from a list

Voted yes