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Why does Quartz allow for their menu bar to resize for any window size but prevent the article pane from doing the same thing? I get large grey space on the ri

Why does Quartz allow for their menu bar to resize for any window size but prevent the article pane from doing the same thing? I get large grey space on the right side of any story that I read on a large-enough monitor.

wtvanhest 13y ago
Honestly, their UI is so terrible I have decided not to even click on any more of their links. Its like they designed it to be user unfriendly.
- sneak 13y ago
  I'm glad it's not just me. I read a proposal today for bp;dr (behind paywall, didn't read). Can we have an acronym for "fucked up zoom on my ipad"/"doesnt even render with ghostery enabled"/"stupid marketing modals render it unviewable"/etc?
  - mcovey 13y ago
    ui;dr Unusable interface, didn't read. It's also fairly self explanatory!
kryten 13y ago
At least you can read it. On a windows phone it just redirects to the start page and there is no link to the article. Utter crock.
- kyllo 13y ago
  Not to be "relevant xkcd guy" but here's the relevant xkcd for that: http://xkcd.com/869/ http://xkcd.com/869/
  - kryten 13y ago
    Ha so true! Thanks for posting.
saosebastiao 13y ago
It is better than Wired's mobile format...where they let you use the full screen to scroll, but as soon as you stop scrolling and start reading, they pop up their logo bar in front of the text you are reading.
SkyMarshal 13y ago
Their article pane resizes to an extent, but I assume it stops expanding after a certain size because they don't want to exceed an optimal width for readability [1]. Without being able to see it on your monitor, can't tell for sure. [1]: http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography....
- tropicalmug 13y ago
  Right, but couldn't they expand the pane but leave the text at the same ratio? The way it is now, the right-hand scrollbar leaves the right side of the window[1], which is kind of weird. Adding whitespace on the sides might be a better way to achieve the same goal. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/doaiMyc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/doaiMyc.jpg

wtvanhest 13y ago

Honestly, their UI is so terrible I have decided not to even click on any more of their links. Its like they designed it to be user unfriendly.

sneak 13y ago
I'm glad it's not just me. I read a proposal today for bp;dr (behind paywall, didn't read). Can we have an acronym for "fucked up zoom on my ipad"/"doesnt even render with ghostery enabled"/"stupid marketing modals render it unviewable"/etc?
- mcovey 13y ago
  ui;dr Unusable interface, didn't read. It's also fairly self explanatory!

kryten 13y ago

At least you can read it. On a windows phone it just redirects to the start page and there is no link to the article. Utter crock.

kyllo 13y ago
Not to be "relevant xkcd guy" but here's the relevant xkcd for that: http://xkcd.com/869/ http://xkcd.com/869/
- kryten 13y ago
  Ha so true! Thanks for posting.

saosebastiao 13y ago

It is better than Wired's mobile format...where they let you use the full screen to scroll, but as soon as you stop scrolling and start reading, they pop up their logo bar in front of the text you are reading.

SkyMarshal 13y ago

Their article pane resizes to an extent, but I assume it stops expanding after a certain size because they don't want to exceed an optimal width for readability [1]. Without being able to see it on your monitor, can't tell for sure. [1]: http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography....

tropicalmug 13y ago
Right, but couldn't they expand the pane but leave the text at the same ratio? The way it is now, the right-hand scrollbar leaves the right side of the window[1], which is kind of weird. Adding whitespace on the sides might be a better way to achieve the same goal. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/doaiMyc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/doaiMyc.jpg