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I can read long lines just fine, and I like that the full width of the viewport is used. Because HN is designed so simply, you can trivially get the layout you
by dahfizz 6y ago
I can read long lines just fine, and I like that the full width of the viewport is used.
Because HN is designed so simply, you can trivially get the layout you want (half width lines) and I can also get the layout I want.
If HN instead tried to artificially limit the viewport in code (which is something lots of web developers do), they would break all sorts of other use cases for no reason. That's what I mean when I say websites tend to overcomplicate their design.
- matsemann 6y ago> Because HN is designed so simply, you can trivially get the layout you want (half width lines) and I can also get the layout I want. Except you're ignoring mobile devices.
- Tagbert 6y agoNo, the say that HN does it works regardless of screen width. If the site were to assign a fixed width, it would conflict with mobile devices.
- jefftk 6y agoThis is why CSS has "max-width".
- badsectoracula 6y agoI read HN on mobile all the time, what is the problem with it? The only issue i've noticed is being a bit harder to tap the show/hide branch icon but it is a minor issue.