User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-1250011-20150527041809/@comment-24409505-20150531201751

Tupka217, just compare my table to that in the blog post and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

452,


 * I do not see a scrollbar in either of the images you posted, so my question remains unresolved.

I never noticed before, but it seems Firefox doesn't include the scrollbar in the screenshots. It doesn't matter much though. If you are concerned about the appearance of a horizontal scrollbar in the new layout (like the one in your screenshot), you don't have to worry. I have some experience with front-end website development using Bootstrap and Foundation. Both of these frameworks make use of viewport breakpoints similar to what Wikia uses now. If applied correctly, the content will adapt itself to the conditions, such as window size, the width and presence/absence of a vertical scrollbar, etc. No horizontal scrollbar ever appears anymore. You can look up more information about this technique, it's called media queries.

However, unlike Bootstrap or Foundation, Wikia doesn't care about screen sizes on non-mobile devices lower than 768px, so it might happen that the horizontal scrollbar appears for these screen sizes. Though I doubt there are many non-mobile screens that small.


 * yes, 70.3% use a resolution lower than 1920px, and the majority are still less than 1600px. :)

I'd like to hear what Hassat and the others have to say about these numbers.