Post by kczx3 » 07 Feb 2023, 12:02
@Flipeador good to hear from you! I didn't know you were still active on the forum.
Yes, one could certainly just resize the browser window. But with today's browsers using tabbed experiences so much it means you'd have to look at all open tabs in that size or constantly resize the window when viewing this forum. Another option is a separate browser window for just this forum but that increases resource usage on the machine. When there's a perfectly good code solution (CSS, in this case) to make the user interface easier to use then I think it is warranted. Obviously, this is just my opinion.
To your point, I do agree that sites with these "containers" that limit the width of the central content can be annoying. But I find that is usually only the case when, in my opinion, there isn't a good reason to limit the container width. Sites have to be designed for all types of devices and monitors these days. And most often, sites are still optimized for a traditional (I guess this is traditional now?) 16:9 monitor.
Just my two cents but I certainly understand your viewpoint.
[mention]Flipeador[/mention] good to hear from you! I didn't know you were still active on the forum.
Yes, one could certainly just resize the browser window. But with today's browsers using tabbed experiences so much it means you'd have to look at all open tabs in that size or constantly resize the window when viewing this forum. Another option is a separate browser window for just this forum but that increases resource usage on the machine. When there's a perfectly good code solution (CSS, in this case) to make the user interface easier to use then I think it is warranted. Obviously, this is just my opinion.
To your point, I do agree that sites with these "containers" that limit the width of the central content can be annoying. But I find that is usually only the case when, in my opinion, there isn't a good reason to limit the container width. Sites have to be designed for all types of devices and monitors these days. And most often, sites are still optimized for a traditional (I guess this is traditional now?) 16:9 monitor.
Just my two cents but I certainly understand your viewpoint.