Font consistency

I’ve been trying to find an HTTP client that feels comfortable, right, native, and not bloated for years.

I’m a macOS user, so when an app feels and looks more native, everything starts making more sense for me. I’ve been using Bruno lately, but I want something more along that line, and I tried Yaak after seeing it on HN.

I feel that Yaak checks a lot of those points, but I have some feedback to give.

• Using GitHub theme, when I open the app I can see a white background flashing for a split second. That gives a very unpolished impression right away. It should retain the last theme colors and try to be smooth while opening.

• Font sizes. I feel that a lot of the font sizes are wrong. Using an LoDPI display, I feel that it looks worse, but I didn’t touch any of the sizes in the settings, but:

  • The URL font size is too small, it should be the same as the tabs.

  • I’m using cmd+0 zoom and the text feels too big. I think that doesn’t represent the “regular” size of most of the apps.

  • Looking at the font size of the “Trialing” badge, it feels right to my eyes, I don’t know how to explain :D

• Font type. I would love to use system font everywhere, but for some reason there are many places where it’s different?

• Is the system font really the system font? It looks very “boxy”.

Apart from that, it looks excellent. I didn’t try the Git setup yet, but I like that it is based on YAML and also not a proprietary syntax and I look forward to keep trying.