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Testing max-width consistency. I don't see the need for it in p tag in comments on 1080p aka $size-2x - asdas dasdasd asdasasd asdasdasd asdasd asdasd asdsada asdasdas asdasda end

Posted by Neverland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/05/trump-just-admitted-something-he-probably-shouldnt-have-about-census-citizenship-question/

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Analysis | Trump just admitted something he probably shouldn't have about the census citizenship question
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599 words

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  2. Neverland
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    Neverland
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    but why are comments max-width'ed less than auto? Just for readability?

    1. [3]
      cfabbro
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      Yeah, I imagine so. Google recommends keeping lines of text to a maximum of around 70 or 80 characters, which Tildes actually even exceeds by quite a bit. And if you're curious about the science...

      Just for readability?

      Yeah, I imagine so. Google recommends keeping lines of text to a maximum of around 70 or 80 characters, which Tildes actually even exceeds by quite a bit. And if you're curious about the science behind that general line-length web standard, see:
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_in_reading#Saccades
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_length#Electronic_text
      https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content-discovered/

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        Neverland
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        Thanks to you and @bauke for answering my questions and for those sweet links!

        Thanks to you and @bauke for answering my questions and for those sweet links!

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        1. cfabbro
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          No prob and no prob. I find the topic of how we read and what the optimal line length is rather fascinating myself, so I did a bunch of digging back when I first saw google’s recommendation a few...

          No prob and no prob. I find the topic of how we read and what the optimal line length is rather fascinating myself, so I did a bunch of digging back when I first saw google’s recommendation a few years ago.

          P.s. Even though this is a rather old article, it’s still quite relevant and does a good job of covering all the bases too: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/09/balancing-line-length-font-size-responsive-web-design/

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  4. Neverland
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    The add comment textarea is also max-width'ed less than auto.. why is this? There must be a reason for all this?

    The add comment textarea is also max-width'ed less than auto.. why is this? There must be a reason for all this?