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I know commenting on the website and not the content is deeply frowned upon, but this case is so egregious that I feel compelled to break the rule. The entire
by IIAOPSW 11y ago
I know commenting on the website and not the content is deeply frowned upon, but this case is so egregious that I feel compelled to break the rule.
The entire left side of my screen is a static image. I can't scroll to pass it. Literally half a screen just not doing anything during my entire reading experience. I'm the last person to complain about web-design (really I'm a total philistine on these issues). But its bad enough that it got in the way of digesting the article efficiently. That's where I draw the line.
- LeoPanthera 11y agoSafari's "Reader" mode solves the problem completely. I think Firefox has something similar.
- fenomas 11y agoIt's just a responsive design to keep the body text from getting too wide. Most sites do this one way or another, because very wide columns of text are harder to read. I mean, if you read the same article on medium.com then much of your screen still wouldn't be doing anything - on medium the unused space would be blank margins; here it's a hero image.
- izacus 11y agoExcept that Medium will actually have wider text lines and the text won't be squezzed against the right border of the browser window.
- stordoff 10y agoPreventing the text getting too wide is one thing, but this seems excessive. The image to the side is distracting, and the actual text of the article is only taking about 35% of the screen width.
- fenomas 10y ago> the article is only taking about 35% of the screen width The point is absolute size, not relative. I'm no expert but I seem to recall usability types talking about ideal columns of text being 60-90 characters or so. If your browser is three times wider than that, it's reasonable for sites to show text that takes only a third of the screen. Why wouldn't they?
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoIt is weird. On the other hand, most news sites these days only use half the screen width for the article, with the rest going to internal links and ads; at least this one uses the wasted space for something relevant to the article.
- barking 11y agoI hadn't even noticed that until i went back to look after reading your comment. I actually don't mind it for some reason. Now there are other things that annoy me a lot like those upper or lower borders that follow you as you scroll but not this, strangely.
- DanBC 11y agoThere are a bunch of modes and plugins that are aimed at improving readability. I use Readability Redux, but there are others.
- maaku 11y agoIf there were blank white columns on either side of text in the middle, you wouldn't have complained.