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Interesting. The tradeoff is of course that the wider columns are the more you're able to see at once, which is also important for editing. I wonder whether it
by amadeuspagel 5y ago
Interesting. The tradeoff is of course that the wider columns are the more you're able to see at once, which is also important for editing.
I wonder whether it would be useful to be able change the column width with a keyboard shortcut. That way you could use small columns when you want to focus on the details and bigger columns when you want to focus on the big picture, both in writing and reading.
- grvdrm 5y agoInteresting - I think wider columns produce exactly the opposite outcome. Too much space to cover and width to contemplate, hampering my ability to edit quickly. I don't think the width extra width helps you ingest and manipulate the words more efficiently. The horizontally-condensed version of the same text allows me to see all of those same words, by the way. Just laid out in a format that isn't quite so exhausting to handle. I even narrowed the HN editor while writing this reply and editing it for mistakes/grammar.
- amadeuspagel 5y agoI don't mean that the extra width itself helps, I just mean that assuming vertical space is limited, then extra width means more words fit on the screen.