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Most clients don't wrap in a way that helps readability, though. Look at Hacker News comments for example. At 1:1 zoom the text is spread out across the screen
by yawaramin 8y ago
Most clients don't wrap in a way that helps readability, though. Look at Hacker News comments for example. At 1:1 zoom the text is spread out across the screen in super-wide lines that are hard to read. The classic recommended 72-char hard wrap guarantees a good reading experience on all but the narrowest of screens.
- Reelin 8y agoI often browser HN in a half width window for this exact reason. To be clear, I don't fault HN for this; I can trivially resize my window to whatever works best for me. Commit messages are different because people often interact with them via command line based tooling.