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General question - I don't understand why so many static site generates, github, many others, all use templates that won't fill the width of the page. Is using
by zmmmmm 9y ago
General question - I don't understand why so many static site generates, github, many others, all use templates that won't fill the width of the page. Is using the full width of the page particularly difficult to design for? Or is it an aesthetic decision that template authors feel like having a 20 inch wide monitor with 8 inches of text in the middle flanked by 12 inches of white space is a nice layout? Particularly for code examples it's very frustrating seeing lines wrapped around unnecessarily on a large, wide monitor.
(sorry if this sounds like a rant, actually just genuinely curious).
- Drdrdrq 9y agoDepends on width of the monitor, of course, but one reason would that it is easier for reader to follow lines if they are not too wide. The same reason is behind multicolumn layout in newspapers.
- pleasecalllater 9y agoThe best length for fast reading is not more than 60-70 characters per line. That's why you have columns in newspapers. I have a 4k 26 inch monitor. Full width texts are harder to read, I have to shrink my browser to make the text not so wide.