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Like I said... It's the only website of significance that is idiotic 
enough to use low contrast font colors. And it isn't just for 
highlighting a word here and there. 

You don't think it's weird? Point to another significant website with 
similar weirdness... 

The term "webmaster" is appropriate in this context. It is "a person 
responsible for the creation or maintenance of a Web site especially for 
a company or organization" (according to Merriam-Webster). The idea that 
some coder determines how the website looks is bullshit. Whether font 
color choices would have to be "overridden" is irrelevant. 

The owner having "a degenerative vision disease and extremely poor 
vision" would be an interesting piece of the puzzle, if true. Maybe he 
no longer reads. Maybe he is lashing out at everybody else as he goes
blind. 

Their website shouldn't be a pain in the ass to read, it's supposed to 
be for entertainment. 







Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote in 
news:hqfc5blbf99s8m...@4ax.com:

> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:35:31 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
> <always.look@message.header> wrote:
> 
>>I like Steam, but it's the only website I visit that uses very low
>>contrast font colors. 
>>
>>Considering the fact that it's a significant company, you would think 
>>they know how to program a website. Or maybe their typical users don't 
>>read, so it doesn't matter? 
> 
> "Webmasters" typically don't make font color choice decisions,
> designers do (regardless of the "significance" of the company itself.
> heh).  
> 
> Ultimately it's up to QA to test it on a gazillion different hardware
> combinations and decide if it's optimal, passes muster or whatever.
> 
> Gabe of course reserves the right to override all decisions, but since
> he has a degenerative vision disease and extremely poor vision, what's
> good enough for him should be good enough for anyone.  ;)
> 
> I get what you're saying (I think) about the use of varying shades of
> grey on a background of slightly darker color, but IMO they do this so
> that certain information can be "highlighted" by making the font a
> lighter shade of grey (or bolded white).
> 
> Also not really sure why the website matters - very little reason to
> go there if you use the client (maybe that's what you're referring
> too, since the font contrast difference is similar).
>