Launchpad itself

  1. Bug #82344
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 82344

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Martin Albisetti (beuno) wrote : Re: The beta's font size is too small

I'm going to go ahead and stop complaining with unsubstanciated "the font's too small", and post a small extract of THE web usability book:
http://www.amazon.com/Prioritizing-Usability-VOICES-Jakob-Nielsen/dp/0321350316/ref=sr_1_1/102-7393080-0424113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172888042&sr=8-1

It basically says that the minimum acceptable text size for web is 10 points. And that is the absolute minimum. Considering launchpad is used heavily for reading text, I think 11-12 is probably the best fit.

>Martin, the font color problem has been registered as a bug. I wish I had
>the bug number offhand.

I can't find the bug, so I'm going to go ahead and file that one too. The contrast of the text is as important as it's size.

I'm sorry to be such a pain with this issue, but it's a critical part of any user interface.