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Fixed-width websites
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2009–2019), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Reading article lines requires side-to-side scrolling on narrow screensUnreviewed
20092026- Widening the browser window doesn't widen the text, leaving useless space on the sides2019-04-26
- Reading article lines requires scrolling side to side on narrow screens2015-01-13
- Zoomed in on fixed-width sites, user must scroll sideways to navigate2013-11-02
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Widening the browser window doesn't widen the text, leaving useless space on the sides2019-04-26
- Reading article lines requires scrolling side to side on narrow screens2015-01-13
- Zoomed in on fixed-width sites, user must scroll sideways to navigate2013-11-02
- Fixed-width pages designed for 1024x768 are frustrating to read on larger monitors2009-04-23