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by ponooqjoqo 255 days ago
> Let users with large screens resize their browsers to whatever width they want.

Do people actually do this? I have like 10 tabs in a maximized browser window. Am I supposed to keep unmaximizing it and fidgeting with the width? Or am I supposed to just rip the tab out and have to deal with multiple browser windows?
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driverdan 255 days ago
You run a large, high resolution screen with your browser maximized?

I have a 4k screen. Most of the time I keep my browsers half width. For most sites it seems to be the best use of screen real estate. Even at half width that site's CSS restricts the width of the content too much, leaving a lot of wasted padding on either side.

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ponooqjoqo 250 days ago
> You run a large, high resolution screen with your browser maximized?

Probably like 98% of the time, yes.

It's not an ultrawide, just a 27" 16:9 screen.

I find small windows to perform poorly on anything that's not just a simple document (gmail, hacker news, etc) because those require some horizontal space.

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