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Maximum width of comments on wide screens
When posting a comment, the width of the text seems limited. When I removed the max-width from the p and li element, it filled the box as I expected it to. (Source)
To me, the second one looks better. Some padding left and right could be added, but I certainly wouldn't use a fixed maximum width there (A percentage would be fine, I guess).
Edit The seems seems to apply for posts as well.
As with many things, this just comes down to personal preference. I personally prefer the max-width being smaller, as it make things more readable despite not utilizing the wideness of modern screens.
The site is still in alpha so who knows what the final layout will look like, but for now you can always use the plethora of browser extensions to change the CSS to fit your liking.
I have to agree with the preferred smaller width. At some point the width can make it difficult to accurately switch between lines and reading ends up becoming a chore. Ultimately some people are going to be unhappy no matter what the final layout is, and since this boils down to personal preference, it should either be a secondary layout option that you can select or it should be handled via an extension.
Having lines that long is considered quite bad for readability in general. There's probably far more than you'd ever care to read on the topic if you search for some things like "line length", "words per line", and so on.
If you prefer it though, you could use a CSS-modifying addon like Stylus to set
max-width: noneon a few elements.I think eventually these things can be site settings at some point too... e.g. compact mode, full-width mode, curate site themes, etc. But for now, when it comes to personal preference stuff like this, people are probably just going to have to rely of third party modifications, e.g. stylish, greasemonkey, etc.