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I may well be an exception, but I actually find it easier to read with wider columns. I don't like narrow columns being forced on me, and if line length bother

I may well be an exception, but I actually find it easier to read with wider columns. I don't like narrow columns being forced on me, and if line length bothers you, can't you just set your browser to the width you like?

qewrffewqwfqew 11y ago
> just set your browser to the width you like? Thank you for saying it. This "fixed-width-in-pixels" thing that has taken hold completely baffles me.
- Dylan16807 11y ago
  And then a site adds a sidebar and it all breaks.
  - qewrffewqwfqew 11y ago
    The variation I keep seeing today is sites that lose any left margin at all when the browser is less than 1000px wide (or 930 or whatever magic number the designer had in mind that week). It's pretty special seeing text butted up hard against the left margin. I'm glad the proliferation of web standards has advanced to the point that this is acceptable!
ergothus 11y ago
You aren't alone - I fine huge gutters on the left/right to be very distracting. If I have my window set to be very wide, I WANT TO USE THAT WIDTH. However, I realize that I'm in the minority - I don't find narrow columns easier to read, I don't consider analog watches "more attractive" than digital, while I love physical books I don't feel I lose any experience in going to a nice eInk reader, and I find most icons to be worse than a short text label. For these sins I am prepared to simply suffer a tiny bit until society catches up to me :)