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On 2010-09-30, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Grant Edwards |
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><grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I've noticed recently that the Gentoo handbook web pages are |
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>> ridiculously wide. (It seems to me that they didn't used to be, but I |
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>> wouldn't swear to that). |
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>> For example, look at this page: |
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>> ??http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=1&chap=2 |
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> I'll admit that a couple of times I've found this frustrating but not |
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> enough that I'd ask anyone to change things. |
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> I think the frustration, candidly, is that the web page programming |
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> doesn't allow me to narrow the page as much as I might like and still |
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> read the text. |
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Exactly -- I'd like to be able to narrow the browser window at least |
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to the point where it fits entirely on the screen (and it's a 21" |
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screen). |
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> Sometimes I just want the browser to cover 1/2 the screen, so that |
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> might be 600 pixels or so. Or maybe this is a Firefox thing, not |
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> sure. |
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> Anyway, I understand your point. |
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Oddly, there are people who don't seem to see the minimum line width |
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issue, and the paragraphs actually get re-wrapped when the browser |
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window is changed. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Somewhere in Tenafly, |
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at New Jersey, a chiropractor |
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gmail.com is viewing "Leave it to |
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Beaver"! |