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Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an... by zapzupnz on Saturday May 30, 2020 @06:22AM (#23360021)
The stylistic choice there may be informed by macOS' window manager defaulting the window size to "just big enough to fit the content".

It's only really since full-screen windows came to play that the issue with Daring Fireball really become obvious; prior to that, macOS users rarely made their windows fill the screen in the same way that Windows users are prone to do.

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Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an... by charrondev on Saturday May 30, 2020 @12:26PM (#23362261)
> that Windows users are prone to do.

Or how iOS users tend to do.

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Re:But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” an... by zapzupnz on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:34PM (#23366139)
Indeed. I was thinking about iPads, but I didn't mention it because the design predates iOS — but yes, it's absolutely true.

And he hasn't optimised the design for iPhone-sized devices much but I think that's deliberate.

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