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Re: [LUG] firefox update

 
On 1 May 2014 19:05, Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


And another thing (although nothing to do with FF) why do so many web
sites wrap text in such a way that there's a couple of acres of dead
space to either side of them? ÂYes, I know it's easier to read shorter
lines, and this is really a complaint about the insistence manufacturers
have of making all monitors wide screen, but I do feel somewhat better
for getting that off my chest. Â :-)


It's just a design thing. Consistency of presentation for the majority of users.

Sometimes quite hard to layout to suit everything from 800 to 1920 and above and not have it appear as a jumbled mess. (Amazon chose the other path and it's horrible imo)

What really annoys me is when designers use this "dead space" to display ads or graphics which are clickable. I click on those areas to focus and if I get whisked off elsewhere, well, I ain't coming back.
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