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		gerikson on Feb 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Free OpenStreetMap tile library: watercolor, black... It's the fashion nowadays. Flat, low contrast UIs are all the rage.

chmike on Feb 6, 2020 [–]

That’s wrong from the accessibility point of view. Isn’t this more to hinder the usability of printed maps and somehow enforce copyright ?

Piskvorrr on Feb 6, 2020 | [–]

Alas, accessibility seems to take the back seat lately. Gray-on-grey designs, non-button buttons, mystery meat controls: it all looks cool, supposedly.

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