High-resolution 24" and 27" monitors are wasted by most webpages. I think I have marc.info zoomed in at 400% on my high-res desktop, Github is zoomed in at 250% or more. Even on my ancient 13" laptop I have lobste.rs zoomed in two levels to make the text more readable and take up the entire browser.
When half my screen is taken up by an editor and the other half by documentation in a browser I tend to find myself wishing for a bigger screen.
The problem can’t possibly be that I am getting old and my eyesight is getting worse. Right, guys? Guys?
and can be seen in real-world use here. The site isn’t actually done yet, but demonstrates this technique. Notably, because everything on this example site is sized in rems, the entire site scales with the viewport.
High-resolution 24" and 27" monitors are wasted by most webpages. I think I have marc.info zoomed in at 400% on my high-res desktop, Github is zoomed in at 250% or more. Even on my ancient 13" laptop I have lobste.rs zoomed in two levels to make the text more readable and take up the entire browser.
When half my screen is taken up by an editor and the other half by documentation in a browser I tend to find myself wishing for a bigger screen.
The problem can’t possibly be that I am getting old and my eyesight is getting worse. Right, guys? Guys?
Same here, I zoom most things or font size to 14 ?
I too feel that so much space is wasted and that’s also why I think I love getpocket or ‘reader view,
If this interests you, check out postcss-responsive-type which implements the idea. The calculation boils down to
and can be seen in real-world use here. The site isn’t actually done yet, but demonstrates this technique. Notably, because everything on this example site is sized in rems, the entire site scales with the viewport.