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Multiple columns don't work well for vertical scrolling. They should work fine if you horizontally scroll to see more columns (for example to the right for writing in English).

This would allow more content to be displayed for users with larger screens without overly penalizing users who could only view one column at a time.

The challenge would be to convert the normal vertical scroll to a horizontal scroll in an intuitive way (ie not too jarring for the user).




That's a good point. I might have to try some experiments with side-scrolling columns, see how it works out for longform reading.




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