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Just tested the pure HTML version and was pleased to find out that it does not force a minimum browser width upon the user. I usually set my desktop (1080p) to

Just tested the pure HTML version and was pleased to find out that it does not force a minimum browser width upon the user. I usually set my desktop (1080p) to use a 3-column layout with i3 and am always bothered by the fact that I cannot escape from horizontal scrolling on every search I run on DDG. I needed to add the HTML version as a new search engine option in the browser options to have it running as default, but hey, it works! Horizontal scrolling is now a thing of the past.

dspillett 6y ago
> not force a minimum browser width … 1080p … 3-column layout … cannot escape from horizontal scrolling I have my second monitor in 1920×1080 portrait and sometimes that is an irritation at 1080px wide long before getting to the 640px your columns have. To pick one example, in Google search pages you lose over half the right-hand column without scrolling (though at least the main results are fully visible). A lot of layouts seem to assume having around 1280 pixels to play with (less a little for scroll bars). I've found zooming out a little works fine usually, and modern browsers remember the setting, but that isn't perfect. If I unzoom on the main display it does so for tabs open on that site on the second too (to use the Google example again if I open maps or an image search on the main screen I probably want it at 100%) and some sites seem to actively resist being zoomed.
- jeduardo 6y ago
  Indeed, zooming out is a trick I use for a couple websites but even so it isn't perfect. I often face the situation where 80% size is still too big or brings the dreadful horizontal scroll but 70% ends up being too small and very hard to read. These and layouts that bring colour combinations that break in dark mode (browser native or dark reader) are my current bane.

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Just tested the pure HTML version and was pleased to find out that it does not force a minimum browser width upon the user. I usually set my desktop (1080p) to

by jeduardo 6y ago

dspillett 6y ago
> not force a minimum browser width … 1080p … 3-column layout … cannot escape from horizontal scrolling I have my second monitor in 1920×1080 portrait and sometimes that is an irritation at 1080px wide long before getting to the 640px your columns have. To pick one example, in Google search pages you lose over half the right-hand column without scrolling (though at least the main results are fully visible). A lot of layouts seem to assume having around 1280 pixels to play with (less a little for scroll bars). I've found zooming out a little works fine usually, and modern browsers remember the setting, but that isn't perfect. If I unzoom on the main display it does so for tabs open on that site on the second too (to use the Google example again if I open maps or an image search on the main screen I probably want it at 100%) and some sites seem to actively resist being zoomed.
- jeduardo 6y ago
  Indeed, zooming out is a trick I use for a couple websites but even so it isn't perfect. I often face the situation where 80% size is still too big or brings the dreadful horizontal scroll but 70% ends up being too small and very hard to read. These and layouts that bring colour combinations that break in dark mode (browser native or dark reader) are my current bane.