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I don't have a huge monitor (22 inches) but I found it difficult to read because the lines were so wide. They should set a fixed width for the content and then
by arasmussen 12y ago
I don't have a huge monitor (22 inches) but I found it difficult to read because the lines were so wide. They should set a fixed width for the content and then I'd agree with you.
- lmm 12y agoThey shouldn't. If you want to make a wide page narrower you can always resize your browser. If I want to make a narrow page wider, there's no way for me to do that.
- iopq 12y agoIf you want to make a narrow page wider, you can open the Inspector and change the width. The argument is the same, and they're both invalid. It takes way too much effort. I'm not resizing a window I use for everything just so I can fullscreen it when I switch to another tab and resize it again when I return.
- prof_hobart 12y agoIt takes way too much effort to resize a browser window? It's hardly comparable to going into the source of the page and messing around with values in there. I'm pretty certain my mum, my daughter and pretty much everyone who's ever used a computer can do the former. I doubt that too many can do the latter.
- lmm 12y agoIf you have a preferred width for webpages it's presumably the same width for all pages, no? So just keep your browser at that width the whole time.
- john_b 12y ago> "If you want to make a narrow page wider, you can open the Inspector and change the width." The difference is that one is accessible to the average user. Outside of Developerland, most people don't even realize that the page they are viewing has a source which can be inspected or changed.
- glifchits 12y agoOne thing I like to do with Chrome is open the web inspector and set "max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto" to the root html tag on sites like this.