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> What's the reasoning behind this? Lack of multi-column text support on the Web. Optimal readability is around 64 characters per line - more than that hurts
by 0815test 8y ago
> What's the reasoning behind this?
Lack of multi-column text support on the Web. Optimal readability is around 64 characters per line - more than that hurts quite a bit, especially for long-form text where accurate scanning is more important.
- Macha 8y agohttps://caniuse.com/#feat=multicolumn https://caniuse.com/#feat=multicolumn Even IE10, mobile safari, and the gingerbread android browser support it
- marcus_holmes 8y agoThis would make so much more sense to me than the thin strip of text :)
- crehn 8y agoSupport is still bad. There's no easy way to fill columns left to right that works well on both short articles and very long ones.