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Way too wide paragraphs to be read comfortably on a standard Full HD monitor. I.e. form over function in order to achieve that vaunted “pragmatic and old schoo

Way too wide paragraphs to be read comfortably on a standard Full HD monitor. I.e. form over function in order to achieve that vaunted “pragmatic and old school” aesthetic. EDIT: On second thought though it seems that people are reading too much into it and just projecting this “branding” onto their hero (see my other comment in this thread). Ironically yes: they probably are too busy to craft their homepages in such a way that people on HN will be impressed by their couldn’t-care-less attitude!

bluedino 5y ago
> Way too wide paragraphs to be read comfortably on a standard Full HD monitor. That's the users fault.
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  The Unix Way. I love it.
  - bluedino 5y ago
    Most web pages aren't designed to be viewed on a full-width browser window for the exact reason you said.
  - kps 5y ago
    Point of order: Resizable windows are the Xerox PARC way.
Veen 5y ago
You know that you can change a browser window's size? The alternative is a thin strip of text with enormous margins, which I find about as annoying as overly long lines. Written pages aren't really mean to be displayed in very wide windows.
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  I didn’t know that you can resize windows. Seriously though I have Firefox’ Reader Mode for subpar websites.
AnimalMuppet 5y ago
Doesn't HN give you paragraphs just as wide?
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  Shoot… :-)