1. Text you can actually read
Small grey labels, timestamps, captions and secondary links were once too faint for comfortable reading. They are now a deeper shade that stays clearly legible on the light background while still looking restrained next to the main headlines.
| Where you will notice it | What changed |
|---|---|
| Dates, read-times and bylines | Darker, so a quick glance is enough. |
| Category and section labels | Enough contrast to read at a glance, still quieter than a headline. |
| Gold accents (badges, highlights) | A deeper gold on light backgrounds, so the words on top of it stay readable. |
| Red accents (breaking news, important tags) | A darker red where it carries text, so the label reads as words rather than as a shape. |
Dark mode keeps its own versions of these colours: the same role, adjusted for a dark background rather than reused from the light theme.
2. Everything reachable without a mouse
You can move through the site with the keyboard alone. Press Tab to move forward and
Shift+Tab to move back; the element you are on is always outlined, so you can see
where you are.
- Opening a story. In the list layouts, the headline itself is the thing you focus and press
Enteron. Previously the whole card was one large target, which made moving past it clumsy — now you step straight from headline to headline. - Long descriptions. A scrollable description can be focused, so a keyboard reader can read to the end of it instead of being stuck at the first visible line.
- Filters. The category and sub-category pickers on the classifieds board can be reached, opened and changed from the keyboard like any other control.
- Menus and pop-ups.
Esccloses an open menu, panel or pop-up without moving you away from the page.
3. Sign-in controls that say what they are
Every field on the sign-in, registration and password pages now carries a proper name that a screen reader announces — so you hear “Email”, “Password” and the rest as you move between them, instead of a run of unlabelled boxes.
The social sign-in options are real buttons with names as well. A screen reader reads Continue with Google, Continue with LinkedIn and Continue with Facebook, and the small brand marks beside them are treated as decoration so they are not announced twice.
4. Making the text your size
The site follows your device's own text-size setting rather than fighting it, so the simplest way to read more comfortably is to change it there:
- Phone or tablet — raise the text size in your device's display settings. The pages scale with it.
- Computer — press
Ctrl++(orCmd++on a Mac) to enlarge, andCtrl/Cmd+0to return to normal. Nothing is cut off and no text overlaps. - Dark mode — your choice is remembered and applies on your next visit. It is set in your profile's appearance preferences.
5. Reduced motion
If your device is set to reduce motion, the site honours it: the animated reader stops animating and the moving decorations settle, while the content itself stays exactly where it was. You do not need to change anything here — it follows the setting you already chose on the device.
Troubleshooting
| Situation | What to do |
|---|---|
| I cannot see where the keyboard focus is | Press Tab once — the focus ring appears on the first control. If you have used custom
colours in your browser extension, it may be overriding the outline; disable that extension for this site
and try again. |
| A screen reader reads a button as just an image | Make sure you are on the current page — reload once. The social sign-in buttons and form fields carry names; a very old saved copy of the page may not. |
| Text looks too small on one page | Use your browser's zoom (Ctrl/Cmd++). Everything on the page scales
together. |
| Colours look wrong in dark mode | Switch back to light mode in your profile's appearance preferences and then to dark again — this reapplies the theme. |
| Something still reads badly | Send it to us through the feedback form on the About page. A specific page and a short description is enough. |