Well, I guess I am in the minority using a tabbed browser then :) In tabbed browsers, all browser tabs share the same window width, and it is quite impractical to resize the browser every time you switch a tab.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, R Smith <rsm...@rsweb.co.za> wrote: > > > On 2016/09/06 10:19 AM, Stephan Beal wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Eric Grange <zar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> However, while you are at it, an improvement for the website when browsed >>> from a computer would be to limit the max width of the pages, especially >>> for the documentation pages. Currently if you have a big screen the lines >>> of text stretch to the whole browser width, which is not very readable. >>> >>> A counter-opinion, though apparently in the small minority: i _absolutely >> despise_ fixed-width web site layouts. >> >> > I'm afraid I'm with Mr. Beal on this - Windows (for all its faults) lets > me drag the size of a window (including browser windows) to whatever I like > them to be. It feels extremely presumptuous of a web-site (or its designer) > to decide that I am incapable of picking a size that "reads well". I think > the convention has merit for people who simply clicks the little "Maximize" > button and then expects to see content that is easy to read. That's > laziness in my opinion, but I'm not judging, just don't want them to decide > my read-width. > > Catering for user who don't know how to use computers is a bit of an Apple > thing (and sadly lately a bit of a Windows thing too), luckily Linux still > thinks I am the boss. I don't mind that these conventions exist to help > those folks, I just wish I had the choice... always. > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
