Re:The Death of Personality (2017)
by userbinator on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:39PM
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You think I'm going to resize my browser window narrower every time I switch to HN, and resize it wider every time I switch to a different tab?
Or you could just put it in a separate window of the desired width; maybe then you'd even have enough space on your huge monitor to see several sites all at once!
As I wrote the post above, I had about a dozen different windows open, all of varying sizes. Monitors have gotten much bigger, yet the users seem to have gotten worse at making good use of that space.
Re:The Death of Personality (2017)
by crazygringo on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:00PM
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Why the heck would I want to put HN in a separate window instead of with the rest of my tabs? I only want one browser window, I'm not going to change my workflow to accomodate a single badly designed site, nor should I have to.
(Nor do I have a huge monitor, I'm on a laptop...)
Re:The Death of Personality (2017)
by arcanemachined on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:04PM
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Sounds like you need Stylus, or some other browser extension that allows for custom CSS rules.
Not disagreeing with your premise BTW.
I have lots of tabs open, and every other site I use chooses a legible width.
You think I'm going to resize my browser window narrower every time I switch to HN, and resize it wider every time I switch to a different tab?
Sites are designed. Legibility is part of design. Appropriate characters per line is part of legibility. Full stop.