User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-4189499-20150522064957

For everyone who is complaining that the new Desktop XL format will scare away new users, I've just got access to a desktop (1920px wide) to see what it looks like, after coming from a smaller laptop screen, and this isn't nearly as bad as everyone seems to be making out. The text is on the bigger side, but not that big, and the margins are hardly as ridiculous as everyone's making out. It's certainly better than desktop was before fluid was introduced. If anything, I think the content space is at a very good position size-wise. And, maybe it's just because I'm used to a smaller screen, but comparing the readability on this page to a Wikipedia page, it is so much easier to read without the huge line lengths. But then again, I generally choose a smaller screen specifically because I can get more information at a time without moving my head around. It's more pleasant on the eyes. How do you large screened users stand it? Also, how do you large screened users stand the low pixel density on these things? Anyway, at least this new width is much easier to design for from a smaller screen. No more worrying about unnecessary whitespace as the content is stretched to unreasonable sizes. OK, I'm going to go back to my own computer now. Too much eye movement is required on this thing.