Unlocking PinkRabbit: Using 90s Email Software in 2021(jessicastokes.net)
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Unlocking PinkRabbit: Using 90s Email Software in 2021
https://jessicastokes.net/blog/2021/06/10/unlocking-pinkrabbit/
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This was a great read, and very impressive. I hope to one day be as comfortable with these kind of tools to just be able to say "oh let's have a quick look with the decompiler in a VM". The author just exudes competence.
The article is great. But please Jessica, if you read this, would you consider unfixing the header on mobile? It’s very cute, but it’s also taking a fifth of my screen!
Other meta stylesheet stuff:
The maximum font-size of 26.666px is extremely large as well. (I’d say never ever go past 24px for body type, and even 20px is pushing it.) But in reducing that, you’d certainly want to increase the max-width from its extremely narrow 28em, and possibly bump the line-height a bit. (On the other end, the 14.666px cap at 320px is a little on the small side.)
And as configured, the superscript footnote references mess up the line-height too, producing a very jarring effect. `.footnote-reference { line-height: 0 }` is a very simple way of roughly fixing it, though I’d probably want to tweak the vertical-align and font-size too (or even instead).
The maximum font-size of 26.666px is extremely large as well. (I’d say never ever go past 24px for body type, and even 20px is pushing it.) But in reducing that, you’d certainly want to increase the max-width from its extremely narrow 28em, and possibly bump the line-height a bit. (On the other end, the 14.666px cap at 320px is a little on the small side.)
And as configured, the superscript footnote references mess up the line-height too, producing a very jarring effect. `.footnote-reference { line-height: 0 }` is a very simple way of roughly fixing it, though I’d probably want to tweak the vertical-align and font-size too (or even instead).
I am always fascinated in people that are so distracted that they can't comment on the subject matter but only nitpick. I guess that makes the design not great but we also live in 2021 where you click a button and get a easily readable mode.
Or we just insult someone's design choices...the internet will be just black text on a white background with people like you pushing the forefront of mediocrity.
Or we just insult someone's design choices...the internet will be just black text on a white background with people like you pushing the forefront of mediocrity.
I wonder if this overly sensitive response is because the target of the (level headed, reasonable) criticism is a woman. I have a feeling if the blog’s owner wasn’t named Jessica, a random person wouldn’t be so quick to defend it.
While sometimes valid (and I make no claims to this particular instance): ehhh.... in bulk I think typography just "gets people going". You can absolutely find this in high density in non-female articles. Any strongly-abnormal typographical choice brings out strong opinions, be it font size, font choice, or (lack of) contrast.
This one is clearly abnormal.
The content is quite good though, I'm definitely going to read more of their stuff.
This one is clearly abnormal.
The content is quite good though, I'm definitely going to read more of their stuff.
It was a rather level, dry and solid critique, I don't think any well-adjusted person would consider it insulting.
> the internet will be just black text on a white background
Where do we sign up?
Where do we sign up?
It reads pretty well if you have reader mode
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html is great for time trials/expiration dates
Software archeology is my jam. I try to watch everything on that subject that I can get my hands on.
I feel like there isn't a lot of variation in the features available in different open-source implementations of common tools. I wonder if somewhere in some obsolete binary there are dormant treasures of innovation.
I feel like there isn't a lot of variation in the features available in different open-source implementations of common tools. I wonder if somewhere in some obsolete binary there are dormant treasures of innovation.