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Yes, horizontal scrolling can be very inconvenient. On the other hand, reflowing content can destroy information. Sometimes scrolling is just the least worst op
by fauigerzigerk 3y ago
Yes, horizontal scrolling can be very inconvenient. On the other hand, reflowing content can destroy information. Sometimes scrolling is just the least worst option.
- boxed 3y agoHow does reflowing destroy content? Can you give some examples?
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoWhat I'm thinking of is diagrams, graphs or trees where the relative position of elements is what conveys the actual information. In other cases, the information may not be destroyed entirely but much harder for people to see. For instance, automatically reflowing the London tube map would make it look totally unfamiliar.
- crabmusket 3y agoThe London tube map was definitely not what I had in mind when talking about "documents" in my OP. Of course some things need to have precise layout, but PDFs are used inappropriately for many things that do not.
- xigoi 3y agoFor diagrams, you can embed SVG in HTML, which obviously won’t reflow.
- boxed 3y agoI have never seen any of those kinds of examples reflow incorrectly in html.
- eviks 3y agoWhat's the other hand? Block reflow when it destroys information, "min width" exists!
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoI'm saying no more and no less than that scrolling is sometimes the lesser evil. It's not necessarily idiotic.