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Do yourself a favor and shrink the browser width to about inches. And learn about why newspapers are laid out in columns.
by stevep98 12y ago
Do yourself a favor and shrink the browser width to about inches.
And learn about why newspapers are laid out in columns.
- trentmb 12y ago> are laid out in columns. Because they can't be resized on the fly?
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoBecause the optimal line length for readability on a monitor seems to be between 50-95 characters per line[1]. On my 1920x1080px screen, I'm seeing about 300 characters per line in this article. [1] http://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability http://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability and http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/72/LineLength.asp http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/72/LineLeng... - and no, the irony is not lost on me on the second link
- prof_hobart 12y agoOn most platforms, it's relatively easy to resize your browser to whatever width suits you best. Personally, I tend to find columns wider than the 95 character thing easier to quickly scan - I had this site set to about 130 chars. When someone fixes the width of the text on the website, there's no sensible option I have to widen it to my preference.
- trentmb 12y agoRight - I can resize my browser so that the web page is most readable to me, because it defaults to full width. I can't resize my newspaper or magazine, so they don't default to full width.
- itazula 12y agoNo, for readability. Paul Graham's essays are a good example. For example, http://paulgraham.com/copy.html http://paulgraham.com/copy.html
- trentmb 12y agoRight - I can resize my browser so that the web page is most readable to me, because it defaults to full width. I can't resize my newspaper or magazine, so they don't default to full width.