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Comment by raverbashing | original | Bug Blindness
[−]raverbashing · 2026-08-30 Sun 08:00 UTC · link
Does having a website with no set-width and unusable without reader mode counts as bug blindness?
[−]stavros · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:48 UTC · link
I'd say it does, since it doesn't work well.
[−]mrob · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:15 UTC · link
No. Designers shouldn't force their own preferences on third parties. Everybody likes different text presentation, so websites should stick to the defaults and let readers configure their browsers as they prefer.
[−]raverbashing · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:32 UTC · link
> Designers shouldn't force their own preferences on third parties.

Fallback to the default is a design choice, even if it doesn't look like it