User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-24844472-20150525075654/@comment-1038387-20150527184930


 * "So because some people had a crap experience, now everybody has to have a crap experience too? There is a reason why people replaced their small monitors with big ones."

a) not everyone has a crap experience and b) not everyone replaced small monitors with big ones.


 * What evidence do you have to suggest that people want whitespace across almost half their monitor? If you work in an office you will see that people use all their monitor space, not half of it. Some people have two screens. Clearly, people want more on their screen otherwise they wouldn't have huge monitors.

There's a difference between working and reading. The whitespace is the margins you'll find in every book. With a computer screen being that much brighter than a written page, long lines aren't easy. The human eye can only read so much before it loses track.


 * "Some content, like wide tables, will never be as easy to read on a smaller screen. What this update has done is ensure that the portion of people who could fully appreciate it can't anymore."

That means you'll have to rethink the tables, set up a horizontal scroll, or force a smaller font on it. Large, wide tables aren't necessarily a good way to order data.


 * "And laptops, tablets, small screens are mobile. If I can put it in my bag and use it on a train, it's mobile."

In the context of web design, mobile is smartphones etc. Personal definitions are irrelevant. Also, small PC screens might be taken in your bag, you still need the rest of your PC to operate it.