On 4/10/08, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > Akemi Yagi wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> > wrote: > >> Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> > We are wasting screen space for absolutely no good reason and more > than > >> > half the pages go outside the boundaries anyway. > >> > >> Not from an ergonomic point of view. Long lines of text are stressful > >> for the eyes and make reading harder. > >> > >> > I think we should get rid of those all together > >> > >> MMV >:) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Ralph > > > > We have discussed the width of the boundary at least twice in the > > past. Several people felt the current one was taking up too much > > screen estate. I still think that it should be made narrower (at most > > 5% on each side). "Long lines of text" is easy to solve. Just reduce > > the width of your browser window. > > Not to turn this into a flame session ... BUT :D > > I set my screen at a very high resolution specifically SO I can fit more > stuff on the visible page. I know how I WANT to read websites. > > You can always make your browser be smaller to SHRINK the lines to > whatever size you want ... however I CANNOT make your artificial > boundaries bigger at all. > > SO, why would we FORCE a certain page width on people if there is no > technical reason why it is required. > > OBVIOUSLY it is not desired by everyone ... and if we fail full screen > then you have another option. But if we fail 1/2 screen the people who > want it like me have NO OTHER options ... > > I'm just saying :D I agree. We added these two alternatives (See modern-CentOS wiki page). One with 5% of margin and other without margins at all. Cheers, al.