• Lojcs@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Pretty sure narrow text width has been a thing for ages, even before smartphones. Unless you mean a newer, narrower style I guess. It’s easier to read when you can see both ends of a line at the same time so even letters are written on portrait paper.

    And I’m not a web developer, but if I had to guess styling a page to limit the text width on a wide screen probably takes more effort, not less.

    • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah I mean, these are fine:

      But anything thinner is just a waste, such as:

      As for web dev, no doubt some situations would be more complex than others, but usually it’s as easy as saying “if the screen is x wide, render like a, otherwise render like b.”