[gentoo-user] Re: ridiculously wide handbook pages

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2010-09-30, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Grant Edwards
><grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've noticed recently that the Gentoo handbook web pages are
>> ridiculously wide. (It seems to me that they didn't used to be, but I
>> wouldn't swear to that).
>>
>> For example, look at this page:
>>
>> ??http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=1&chap=2
>>
>
> I'll admit that a couple of times I've found this frustrating but not
> enough that I'd ask anyone to change things.
>
> I think the frustration, candidly, is that the web page programming
> doesn't allow me to narrow the page as much as I might like and still
> read the text.

Exactly -- I'd like to be able to narrow the browser window at least
to the point where it fits entirely on the screen (and it's a 21"
screen).

> Sometimes I just want the browser to cover 1/2 the screen, so that
> might be 600 pixels or so. Or maybe this is a Firefox thing, not
> sure.
>
> Anyway, I understand your point.

Oddly, there are people who don't seem to see the minimum line width
issue, and the paragraphs actually get re-wrapped when the browser
window is changed.

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