Secret Message De-coder

My grumble of the week:  tiny text on mobile devices. Despite my age, I don’t think this is just a senior-citizen-with-failing-sight issue, even though it is a bigger problem for us.  What would motivate a website designer or creator to actually choose to use tiny and, to make matters worse, light gray text? I was under the impression that minimum font sizes were about 10 or maybe as small as 8. (I think is 8.) But no way, grasshopper. Oh no.  They've found a font that's even smaller.  And I haven't even started to grumble about the light gray font color.

I don’t want to start a conspiracy theory here, but maybe, just maybe, it’s intentional and designed to keep old-timers from knowing what’s going on with generations X, Y, or Z - or whatever they’re called these days. Just like dogs are the only ones that can hear a dog whistle, Kid-adults are the only ones that can read the latest news out of the rapper world or the gamer world.  And that’s not to mention their secretive plotting to get rid of us just as soon as they able to get our money. Oh Woe!… I fear it’s just a matter of time.

But you can’t keep a crafty senior in the dark forever. I’ve found something called “reader mode” on my Android phone.  (Yes, Android as many of us don’t want to shell out a thousand bucks for just a phone…)  Google has this feature built into the Android System.  Once enabled, there’s a little man icon on the bottom right of the screen. Then, whenever I get to a web page or article designed to keep us from reading it, I punch the little man and (Ta-Da!) the page or article appears magically in glorious large black text. It’s a secret message decoder for seniors. I'm now spying on their secret messages.  I'll let you know when I discover something of importance.

But please!  Don’t tell anyone from Gens X or Y or Z.  This is our secret.