Updated design

January 27 2015 by in About Diet Doctor

No – you’re not imagining it. This site looks a bit different today.

We’ve updated the design, especially on mobile devices. The site is now “responsive”, meaning that the text and pictures should be the right size no matter what screen size you use – from mobiles, through tablets to big screen computers.
We’ve also changed the font to a more modern looking sans serif font.

Please leave a comment if you encounter any bugs or things that do not look good yet. And of course: feel free to say what you think about the changes.

17 comments

1
zzz
January 27 2015 1
Hi,
I think font is not very good. It is very thin and light. That modern look is hard to read.

Reply: #13
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Boundless
January 27 2015
re: ... right size no matter what screen size you use ...

Did you happen to try it full screen on a 32-inch 2560x1440 monitor?

Actually, it's OK, if a bit bigger than needed.
3
Pauline
January 27 2015
Darker font, please. A pale font looks classy, but my eyes need more contrast to read easily. Thanks.
4
Pauline
January 27 2015
Also, Reading view on a smaller Kindle Fire no longer works, so I can't view just the article content, enlarged, and with word wrap so text doesn't fall off the edge of the screen. I think site designers are often young and myopic, both literally and figuratively, but then I'm an old, half-blind curmudgeon.
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bill
January 27 2015
Dr. Eenfeldt:

Serif was developed to make reading easier. San serif is much more difficult
to read. I vote for changing it back. I hope you will consider that.
6
Gibson
January 27 2015 1
I like it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab. The font size adjusts well for me. I hold it in my hand about 8-12" from my face and read with my one very nearsighted eye and no bifocals. (My other eye has issues.) I imagine quite a few of us could be in "mature" situations.
7
Jennifer
January 27 2015
Everything looks great on my iPhone 6 plus. Thanks for your wonderful and informative website, I check it daily!

Reply: #9
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Murray
January 27 2015
The font appears large on my computer monitor, noticeably larger than other websites. I find it a bit difficult to read.

Serif fonts are easier to read quickly, but sans serif is the modern trend, especially for media with shorter written passages. A book in sans serif would be a chore.
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Reply to comment #7 by Jennifer
Boundless
January 27 2015 2
re: ... looks great on my iPhone 6 plus.

I think we can safely assume that's one platform extensively tested. :)

Everyone having issues needs to know that they can control what font/size/color/weight their browser uses to render any website. By default, your browser is probably set to allow pages to control it.

On FireFox, for example, this is in Options > Content > Fonts & Colors [Advanced]

Reply: #14
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TJtheGrouch
January 27 2015 1
Nice change! It is a lot easier to read on my laptop (then again, I'm sixty nine).
11
Moose
January 28 2015 1
Nice change! Look great on my 7" tablet and laptops!
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Apicius
January 28 2015
Looks good on my iPad.
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Reply to comment #1 by zzz
zzz
January 28 2015 1
Sorry, that was my issue. I installed Open Sans fonts, and now it is okay. The font is good.
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Reply to comment #9 by Boundless
bill
January 29 2015
Boundless:

Can you explain how to change it on Chrome?
I don't know where the "options" are.

Reply: #15
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Reply to comment #14 by bill
Boundless
January 29 2015
re: Can you explain how to change it on Chrome? I don't know where the "options" are.

I don't use Chrome (that I know of - I really don't know what my phone's browser is), but try:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95416?hl=en

Reply: #17
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Desi from Australia
January 29 2015
I found this site a short time ago, so I am still learning to navigate my way around it.
I'm also just getting started on the LCHF lifestyle. Wanting to loose 20kgs.
Would you consider putting a "New comments" tab so newbies like me can see the very latest comments with ease.
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Reply to comment #15 by Boundless
bill
February 1 2015
Boundless:

Nah. That didn't do it. I don't think there is a
way for the reader of a blog to change the
fonts on that blog.

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