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I'm going to be that really annoying person that leaves some feedback entirely unrelated to the actual content, I'm sorry. I'll just do this the once and hopefu

by untog 11y ago

I'm going to be that really annoying person that leaves some feedback entirely unrelated to the actual content, I'm sorry. I'll just do this the once and hopefully we won't end up having a 20 comment long thread about it. The two column layout on your blog makes it very difficult to read. You'd be much better off having one column - like it does in smaller window sizes.

nickff 11y ago
if you narrow your browser window, it automatically switches to one column.
- Pyxl101 11y ago
  That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized. It's good to know, and thank you for pointing it out, but the original feedback is pertinent - it's inconvenient to resize the browser for one page that's flowed poorly. A single column of similar size would be fine. Two columns is not great.
  - asgard1024 11y ago
    > That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized. They should install proper window manager, then. (I use GridMove.) I for example use only half of the screen for the browser and sometimes it's annoying, because the content is exactly couple letters too wide. Why should web designers force their width of screen on everybody?
- kdamken 11y ago
  Yes, but the point of responsive design is to make the content work and work well on all browser sizes. A two column layout doesn't make sense for a blog post.
wanderfowl 11y ago
I came in to say the same thing. Two column is great on a single page, but when part of the reading process is "scroll all the way back to the top of the page and start over", something's wrong.
sbuttgereit 11y ago
On particularly wide screens it's three columns! With the scrolling and such I think your point should be well taken.
redthrowaway 11y ago
Yeah, it's fine for print (or for a screen that doesn't scroll), but it's a real pain in the ass to read on a laptop.
kdamken 11y ago
Don't feel bad - you're absolutely correct. Really rough/unintuitive design here.
danielweber 11y ago
I enjoyed it. I was excited to see when I would switch from one column to the next. I would probably get annoyed if I had to read this more than once a week, though.

by untog 11y ago

nickff 11y ago

if you narrow your browser window, it automatically switches to one column.

Pyxl101 11y ago
That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized. It's good to know, and thank you for pointing it out, but the original feedback is pertinent - it's inconvenient to resize the browser for one page that's flowed poorly. A single column of similar size would be fine. Two columns is not great.
- asgard1024 11y ago
  > That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized. They should install proper window manager, then. (I use GridMove.) I for example use only half of the screen for the browser and sometimes it's annoying, because the content is exactly couple letters too wide. Why should web designers force their width of screen on everybody?
kdamken 11y ago
Yes, but the point of responsive design is to make the content work and work well on all browser sizes. A two column layout doesn't make sense for a blog post.

wanderfowl 11y ago

I came in to say the same thing. Two column is great on a single page, but when part of the reading process is "scroll all the way back to the top of the page and start over", something's wrong.

sbuttgereit 11y ago

On particularly wide screens it's three columns! With the scrolling and such I think your point should be well taken.

redthrowaway 11y ago

Yeah, it's fine for print (or for a screen that doesn't scroll), but it's a real pain in the ass to read on a laptop.

kdamken 11y ago

Don't feel bad - you're absolutely correct. Really rough/unintuitive design here.

danielweber 11y ago

I enjoyed it. I was excited to see when I would switch from one column to the next. I would probably get annoyed if I had to read this more than once a week, though.