Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting
by biophysboy on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:41AM
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I'm not a web developer, so I'm curious to see if you guys could answer this for me: why are social media feeds so narrow on desktop now? Both Twitter and Reddit have feeds that are less than 1/3 the width of the screen. Is it because advertising feels more sparse if you pepper it along a long skinny string? Is it because they are using inflexible design frameworks for all devices? I seriously don't understand, I hate it, there's so much wasted space.
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Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting
by GnarlyWhale on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:46AM
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In my experience it's more the latter. Not only is it simpler (no need to maintain parallel ui implementations, easier to update, speed-up implementation time) to use a framework that "optimizes" layout for all devices, but it also increases consistency in experience across them.