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I wish more site would use columns, like in print. I agree that really wide text is hard to read, but instead of making one narrow column you need to scroll thr
by sorenjan 8y ago
I wish more site would use columns, like in print. I agree that really wide text is hard to read, but instead of making one narrow column you need to scroll through, you can divide it into multiple columns.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/columns https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/columns
- pintxo 8y agoTrue, but unfortunately the concept of print does not translate well to the web. CSS colums can either be width or height limited: Fix to 2 columns: you cannot control the height, if it goes beyond the screen height, users need to scroll down on the first column, then scroll back to the start of the 2nd column. Fix to the screen height: you cannot control the width, it it goes beyond the screen, users need to scroll horizontally to read the text. Although this somehow would work, it's really not general behavior on the web to scroll horizontally.
- yellowbuilding 8y agoOr just keep the regular scrolling and have the second (and third, fourth, etc. if they fit) begin on the next line that would be off-screen in the previous column. This would be a great browser plugin that could be flipped on or off.