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Originally posted by archkde View PostLimiting the text width is not new at all and increases readability.
It was done on paper for a long time before monitors even existed.
We are talking about modern web pages that use 10% of your screen to present their actual content and leave everything else empty or bombard it with useless shit. I can't see how this improves readability?
Just open phoronix with a clean browser profile, out of 3312640 pixels 1293280 are used for the article, so 2/3 is used for ads or empty. As soon as you block ads and improve the layout the page becomes readable, before it was a shit fest. To call this "increased readability" is another plain of denial.
Edit: woha, long time since I've seen phoronix without an ad-blocker, that's really sad.Last edited by Anux; 08 May 2024, 05:25 AM.
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Originally posted by Anux View PostI clearly remember a time (late 90s to early 2000s) when the majority of web pages used the whole screen.
I don't know any print media that does this (apart from a small space on all sides).
We are talking about modern web pages that use 10% of your screen to present their actual content and leave everything else empty or bombard it with useless shit. I can't see how this improves readability?
Just open phoronix with a clean browser profile, out of 3312640 pixels 1293280 are used for the article, so 2/3 is used for ads or empty. As soon as you block ads and improve the layout the page becomes readable, before it was a shit fest. To call this "increased readability" is another plain of denial.
Edit: woha, long time since I've seen phoronix without an ad-blocker, that's really sad.
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I prefer the books width text approach, but completely empathise with the 'wasted' real widescreen especially estate.
I remember a plugin for Firefox way back in the naughties that let you customise the text layout in a browser tab. There's a built-in reader for a long time, but I think this was plugin was lighter with more func.
I really need a VESA mount swivel so I can enjoy reading on screens again.Hi
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Originally posted by Anux View PostI clearly remember a time (late 90s to early 2000s) when the majority of web pages used the whole screen.
I don't know any print media that does this (apart from a small space on all sides).
We are talking about modern web pages that use 10% of your screen to present their actual content and leave everything else empty or bombard it with useless shit. I can't see how this improves readability?
Just open phoronix with a clean browser profile, out of 3312640 pixels 1293280 are used for the article, so 2/3 is used for ads or empty. As soon as you block ads and improve the layout the page becomes readable, before it was a shit fest. To call this "increased readability" is another plain of denial.
Edit: woha, long time since I've seen phoronix without an ad-blocker, that's really sad.
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Originally posted by archkde View PostMost books either have a relatively (compared to a typical monitor, for example, or even the kind of paper you write letters on) small paper size, are set in a pretty huge font (rare except for children's books), or use a multi-column layout in some form.
Magazines and newspapers often use a multi-column layout too, here the columns are often even a bit on the narrow side. And none of the above uses landscape orientation (some posters do, but there the text doesn't run across the entire width either).
I'm talking about the (usually white or grey) stripes on the sides. Or just place 2 windows with text side-by-side when you need both at the same time, since the screen is wide enough for that.
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