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by majewsky 3226 days ago
What is the rationale for defaulting to proportional numbers? I always assumed that "tabular numbers" are just "numbers", and deviating from that standard sounds like a recipe for needless confusion. Sure, you can flip a CSS switch, but how many webdesigners know that these switches even exist? And what about native UI frameworks where these switches don't even exist?