User blog:KevinVolkov/Site Interface

Hoping this is the right place.

I was directed here by LoveRobin to leave some comments.

The wikia looks amazing overall; very active, easy to navigate, and friendly people. I did think that the ‘proposal of the day’ might be blocking some of the site, for some users, as – on my desktop – the ‘x’ to close the bar is hidden beneath the fandom banner (which is immovable). I found the only way to fix this was to change magnification, which required using less than 100%, and this then made font harder to read (so it then had to be changed back). It’s blocking for me things like the ‘share’ button on articles, ‘explore’ on Discuss, and ‘last page’ on List Users. Robin mentioned that it looked fine on their device, so this may just be myself or limited to a minority of users.

I did find the use of white text on black background difficult, too. I’m having to write this on Word and copy it over, as the text is quite a strain (and reading the rules left a bad afterimage). I asked a couple of people, who had the same issue, and I’ve noticed articles on how this format can be bad for people with astigmatism and other visual issues. I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned before, but – being that there’s such a large user-base – maybe that’s a sign it’s not an issue for many, but just something a very small minority experience (or even just limited to me or people I know).

It’s a shame, as the wiki looks very well presented, and the articles seem well-written and they’re formatted to a very high standard, but – just personally – the overall design makes it difficult for me to use for more than a few seconds or minutes at a time, as it can be a bit of an eyestrain.

Again, apologies if I’m wrong to critique like this.

It’s my first time writing a blog post anywhere, and I’m also not a regular on this wiki (I only came here as I was checking something out from Community Central, so was just curious about context for an issue there). I don’t mean to offend, and obviously I don’t expect anything to change just based on one person’s opinion, especially when the majority are likely fine with things as they stand. I just thought I’d share as it was asked, and hope that’s okay and all is well ^_^