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I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding

by ot 15y ago

I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding redundant elements, navigational bars, maybe images, etc... is fine, but I'm definitely not comfortable with the idea of hiding content based on context.

netnichols 15y ago
Yes, I agree. This is a cool idea, but I think I would go crazy if this got any traction. I can see myself now constantly resizing my browser to see if I was missing any content.
barrkel 15y ago
"Mobile" web site views drive me up the walls for very similar reasons.
Adaptive 15y ago
I'm totally ok with it but I'd probably like a [+] expansion widget or ellipsis mark to indicate hidden content in those contexts.
ImprovedSilence 15y ago
Yeah, it's a very interesting idea, but I don't want half the article if I'm browsing on a mobile device. Besides, I thought the point of responsiveness was to REARRANGE data, not completely eliminate it. styling, yeah, go ahead and get rid of elements and color bars and what have you, shrink pictures, but please don't throw away words!
- lucb1e 15y ago
  This was indeed the idea of the W3C when they wrote this. The page he links to even says that: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ "Among the media features that can be used in media queries are ‘width’, ‘height’, and ‘color’. By using media queries, presentations can be tailored to a specific range of output devices without changing the content itself." The part "without changing the content itself" is pretty clearly not what he is doing here. Like dozens of others have said, just an interesting idea but not something that should be used like this in practice.
madrox 15y ago
I don't imagine this would be applied to news articles or blog posts. I could see this applied to, say, instructions or travel directions...
thomas11 15y ago
It should be something that's orthogonal to screen size. Maybe have a slider somewhere on the page that allows you to zoom in and out of the content.

by ot 15y ago

netnichols 15y ago

Yes, I agree. This is a cool idea, but I think I would go crazy if this got any traction. I can see myself now constantly resizing my browser to see if I was missing any content.

barrkel 15y ago

"Mobile" web site views drive me up the walls for very similar reasons.

Adaptive 15y ago

I'm totally ok with it but I'd probably like a [+] expansion widget or ellipsis mark to indicate hidden content in those contexts.

ImprovedSilence 15y ago

Yeah, it's a very interesting idea, but I don't want half the article if I'm browsing on a mobile device. Besides, I thought the point of responsiveness was to REARRANGE data, not completely eliminate it. styling, yeah, go ahead and get rid of elements and color bars and what have you, shrink pictures, but please don't throw away words!

lucb1e 15y ago
This was indeed the idea of the W3C when they wrote this. The page he links to even says that: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ "Among the media features that can be used in media queries are ‘width’, ‘height’, and ‘color’. By using media queries, presentations can be tailored to a specific range of output devices without changing the content itself." The part "without changing the content itself" is pretty clearly not what he is doing here. Like dozens of others have said, just an interesting idea but not something that should be used like this in practice.

madrox 15y ago

I don't imagine this would be applied to news articles or blog posts. I could see this applied to, say, instructions or travel directions...

thomas11 15y ago

It should be something that's orthogonal to screen size. Maybe have a slider somewhere on the page that allows you to zoom in and out of the content.