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Ok, I get it you're a prolific hacker and well respected... But why does your website have to look like it's from 1994?

sdiq 9y ago
I had to tinker with the CSS on Chrome developer tools just so as to read the story. Regardless, a very interesting story with one of the most important part of his life story buried down there somewhere - his success in advocating for strong bike helmets.
- a_imho 9y ago
  Preferences aside, that says more about Chrome honestly.
  - superkuh 9y ago
    Better at running Javascript "Apps" than rendering HTML.
- wila 9y ago
  Not a chrome user, but doesn't chrome have a "reader view" like firefox or safari?
- andai 9y ago
  What did you change about the CSS? Width?
nullc 9y ago
Maybe because 1994 had something right-- his pages load VERY quickly, are dense with interesting information, and display sensible in all browsers; you can't say that about the vast majority of the modern web.
- gear54rus 9y ago
  > vast majority of the modern web Must've hit a sore spot or something... Even without a degree in design one can see that this page is nearly unreadable. The easiest (but not the only) thing to fix is to limit the width of the column of text.
  - gumby 9y ago
    oh god no, please, if you want another width resize your window.
  - EliRivers 9y ago
    Unreadable? Hardly. It's text on a page. It's astonishingly readable. Why limit the width of the text? If I want it wider, I'll make it wider; if I want it narrower, I'll make it narrower. This is something I can do with a relatively plain text webpage. Edit: Although I see sdiq below had a browser that apparently couldn't handle plain HTML without help from him. Perhaps something in your browser is making it unreadable.
    - crooked-v 9y ago
      A basic width limit really is a good idea, but something simple like max-width:50em;margin:auto; (so that the text column gets appropriately larger/smaller with page zoom) is plenty for that.
  - geocar 9y ago
    > The easiest (but not the only) thing to fix is to limit the width of the column of text. You can resize your window to whatever size you want.
  - JCharante 9y ago
    Unreadable? I read this and the mongrel one and had no problems, sure I had to zoom in to view it just right, but any lack of style points are made up with the excellent content.
  - rohmish 9y ago
    I added a padding on the div element because the text stretches too wide on my display. Other than that, it's fast and readable. the only improvement i can think of is max-width:80vw or something like that.
nzjrs 9y ago
it's absolutely delicious that a person of your username made such a comment

sdiq 9y ago

I had to tinker with the CSS on Chrome developer tools just so as to read the story. Regardless, a very interesting story with one of the most important part of his life story buried down there somewhere - his success in advocating for strong bike helmets.

a_imho 9y ago
Preferences aside, that says more about Chrome honestly.
- superkuh 9y ago
  Better at running Javascript "Apps" than rendering HTML.
wila 9y ago
Not a chrome user, but doesn't chrome have a "reader view" like firefox or safari?
andai 9y ago
What did you change about the CSS? Width?

nullc 9y ago

Maybe because 1994 had something right-- his pages load VERY quickly, are dense with interesting information, and display sensible in all browsers; you can't say that about the vast majority of the modern web.

gear54rus 9y ago
> vast majority of the modern web Must've hit a sore spot or something... Even without a degree in design one can see that this page is nearly unreadable. The easiest (but not the only) thing to fix is to limit the width of the column of text.
- gumby 9y ago
  oh god no, please, if you want another width resize your window.
- EliRivers 9y ago
  Unreadable? Hardly. It's text on a page. It's astonishingly readable. Why limit the width of the text? If I want it wider, I'll make it wider; if I want it narrower, I'll make it narrower. This is something I can do with a relatively plain text webpage. Edit: Although I see sdiq below had a browser that apparently couldn't handle plain HTML without help from him. Perhaps something in your browser is making it unreadable.
  - crooked-v 9y ago
    A basic width limit really is a good idea, but something simple like max-width:50em;margin:auto; (so that the text column gets appropriately larger/smaller with page zoom) is plenty for that.
- geocar 9y ago
  > The easiest (but not the only) thing to fix is to limit the width of the column of text. You can resize your window to whatever size you want.
- JCharante 9y ago
  Unreadable? I read this and the mongrel one and had no problems, sure I had to zoom in to view it just right, but any lack of style points are made up with the excellent content.
- rohmish 9y ago
  I added a padding on the div element because the text stretches too wide on my display. Other than that, it's fast and readable. the only improvement i can think of is max-width:80vw or something like that.

nzjrs 9y ago

it's absolutely delicious that a person of your username made such a comment