New site design being tested!

Well I ve done as you all suggested and looked at a site that compared fonts and for my eyes there really is no difference for the overall reading at all I can read them all equally well what does make a difference (for me) is not the letter shapes but the darkness of the letters the darker the more distinct and that is my problem I ve now realised GREY print on a white, all white, background is not so good
I think I read by my mind more than my eyes because when they do those silly tests on fb of phrases where the words have lots of letters left out or mirror writing or upside down stuff I can still read them perfectly easily
I m also not very observant so tiny lines added etc wouldn't be noticed by me

It's the lack of colour the white background the grey name headings and the darker grey type face that make it less attractive to me plus I would like my own posts to be in colour ( easier to find where you got up to)

And Cherry I do have a 'Last' button

I suppose that because this is called the new site design it does not have to be an improvement on the last one. Shame though, making it less easy to read seems to be a step backwards.

I had to take my car to have its brakes fixed. Couldn't put that off.

dj That's why I want an anti-glare background Off to look for another procrastination excuse now!

They're along the bottom of the screen on my mobile phone. Except the "acronyms". They aren't acronyms anyway. Don't know why people use that word.

I'd like to know why the mobile site doesn't have the horizontal menu, underneath the Gnet banner?
'Last day, I'm on, accronyms' etc aren't there at all, have I missed them?

Maybe that's a good thing, MiniMouse. It means we have to go and do something else occasionally.

Still struggling with too much whiteness making the print too glarey to read for long.

Morning *Indinana"
No I still have no *last button" as yet.
I have scrolled through and found your post that said you also had no last button cornergran
Do you still have this issue?

Find the new font more tiring to read. Logo still rather old fashioned. Keep on trying!

Bobbysgirl19, on an ipad either will version will be ok, it is just a matter of preference. To change from one site to the other go to the very bottom of the page where you will find 'desktop site' or 'mobile site' to click on.

I personally don't like it. Found the original style much easier. What's the point of changing things when all was well before?

Someone mentioned a desktop version and phone version I am on an iPad so which version should I use, and how do I change it?

I have the 'last' button on my mobile site. Or maybe it's been fixed since your post Cherrytree

HQ
PLEASE put the last button back on the mobile site!!!

It is impossible to use the next button to scroll pages of posts
I mentioned this near the beginning of the discussion.
But was not given answer.
So I thought it was just my problem

However it seems that another GNer has the same issue.
So would be very grateful if you could look into this extremely annoying problem.

And how the h-ll do I find my way back to the kitchen?
I can't cope with this!
Don't like it!
Goodbye!

Oo er!
Just realised I was on desktop on my iPad and switched to mobile!
Much better!

Thanks for telling us about that web page mcem. I read both the Serif and the Sans Serif paragraphs and I was astonished at how much easier it was to read the Sans Serif one - the text just flowed smoothly.

So GNHQ can you please have a look at this site too and see for yourself:
webdesignfromscratch.com/basics/readability/

The numbers are AWFUL. Please look at this again. The ones(1) are too easily mistaken for ells(l) and with apologies to Jamila for using her as an example, see user name Jamila1108. Also threes and eights are very hard to see without peering at the screen.

I also agree that the menu is much less user friendly. A string of words without any spaces is so much harder to read than spaced or separate button ones.

I don't like the menu now.
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The separate buttons were much easier to use

I am finding this font very hard to read, even when I enlarge the print it strains my eyes.

That's interesting, mcem, because it says Verdana is the easiest to read.
When we had websites for the guest house, we always used Verdana as it was easiest to read.
My husband always used that for architectural drawings, too, as it was easiest to read.

HQ, can we have Verdana, please?

Got it - yes, I see what you mean.

Try 'Make your web pages easy to read' and it will take you to the article on the website.

If you are using a PC to read, you can hold down the "Control" key and use your mouse to enlarge the print. That helped me, as I was straining my eyes.