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> Do you have trouble reading HN in a maximized browser window on a wide screen monitor HN comments happen to be capped at 1215px (which I find too long on big
by thiht 4y ago
> Do you have trouble reading HN in a maximized browser window on a wide screen monitor
HN comments happen to be capped at 1215px (which I find too long on big comments), and comments usually have line breaks in between that make them not reach the max width.
> Text in books tends to take the full width of the page
Yes. Not the full width of both pages at the same time. Pages on a book have a vertical format, not horizontal. I guess columns would be somewhat ok on the web, but it's not really comfortable either... as we can scroll.
Coverage of the screen with text is the wrong metric regarding legibility.
- nottorp 4y agoI don't know what the right metric is but i simply can't read those sites that present you with a mobile-like layout with two paragraphs per screen on a 24" monitor. If the text is too small I can hit Cmd - Plus but with those i have no recourse.