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Unrelated to article content. I can't believe someone thought it was a good idea to set body text to 60% opacity...

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Here's the original gov.uk press release, and as always (kudos to their team) it's beautifully legible:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-strengthen-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739

I'll kindly say this: while it might be technically bikeshedding, accessibility on the web is important and it only gets better when we call it out, respectfully, every chance we get. OP should have chosen better words, but the sentiment is valid.

It's very likely that as a high ranking HN article the owners of mender.io will read these comments and improve their blog. I don't have sight accessibility issues and I struggled to read this content.

Thank you for the feedback. I'm with Mender.io and we will be addressing this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226562

Feedback sent via their contact form. Nothing further to discuss here really, happy reading everyone.

I would be totally fine with the comment section being split in two, the main section being on-topic and a bottom section for related but less core discussion. I doubt many on HN would like the idea though.

I would, as long as both sections are on the same page. Or even three sections: on topic, tangents, on medium - in that order (or even fourth section at the end, meta).

Point being, I love me the occasional rant about a page's bad design decisions, or some vaguely on-topic meta angles. I want to read them all, but preferably in order, and not mixed up together.

On-topic / Meta would simply be enough. Like you I get some value from the occasional side discussion. I can appreciate why people would want to keep the main discussion on topic though, I just think it would be best to keep the meta discussion and just section it off.

Tagging would be a more 2020 version.

We can just bikeshed inside our own mind. It needn't be articulated.

Honestly a depressing thought ha. Rules control the fun.

Please apply your own advice and bikeshed in your mind. Let people who come here for discussions discuss.

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