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> some modern sensibilities are still there like the narrow layout I prefer that be left to me to size the column for my reading preference, by setting browser
by dspillett 3y ago
> some modern sensibilities are still there like the narrow layout
I prefer that be left to me to size the column for my reading preference, by setting browser size accordingly, though I appreciate a great many users browse full-screen at all times and designers need to account for that lest they be blamed for the users choices.
- account42 3y agoIf you make users resize the browser window to make a single column of text comfortable to read then websites with multiple columns or sidebar will be cramped. Unfortunately there is no setting to communicate text width preference without also limiting the total viewport space so websites are left to make their own assumptions.
- dspillett 3y agoThe design considerations for a single column and multiple are quite different though – no need to not do something for one because of the existence of the other. > Unfortunately there is no setting to communicate text width preference Many sites have an explicit dark/light mode toggle, either instead of or as well as respecting prefers-color-scheme. Perhaps a “constrain width” toggle could similarly be implemented.