On: I’m Sick of Tiny, Tiny Type

[radicalbyte]

The vast majority of sites are designed for horrible low resolution devices - 1366x768 or 1024x768.

When viewed on the screens most people here are using, they're unreadable.

I find that 200% zoom works for Full HD screens (and is acceptable, if a little big, at 1680x1050)

[tomkarlo → radicalbyte]

It's this. If you look at the stats on the % of visitors to most web sites, 1280x1024 or 1024x768 (and the non-retina Macbook equivalent) remain the dominant approximate screen sizes, so developers optimize for them on the assumption that things will work ok for folks with bigger screens.

I can remember when we used to optimize for 800x600.

[csense → radicalbyte]

I usually keep my resolution low. 1366x768 is fine for everything I do -- including movies, gaming, and development.

The main reason I do this is to make the default font sizes for programs, websites, and OS's more readable without visual glitches or breaking layouts, as zooming has an unfortunate tendency to do.

[neltnerb → radicalbyte]

Interesting. I suppose that this makes some sense, but when I have a 27" 1920x1080 screen three feet from my face, it's still absurd.

I wish web designers would learn a thing or two from the writers of LaTeX.