[FFmpeg-devel] ffmpeg.org clean up

[Robert Swain]

2009/2/18 Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de>:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:23:56AM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
>> 2009/2/18 Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de>:
>> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:25:17AM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
>> >> 2009/2/15 Jan Knutar <jknutar at nic.fi>:
>> >> > On Sunday 15 February 2009, Dave Dodge wrote:
>> >> >> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 02:34:02AM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
>> >> >> > Don't you find reading lines as long as this uncomfortable? :
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I guess if you tend to maximize applications I can see how you might
>> >> >> find it to be an issue.  Personally it would take a very special
>> >> >> situation, such as viewing HD screencaps, for me to make my browser
>> >> >> window anywhere close to that wide.
>> >> >
>> >> > Scalability is much nicer than assumptions about the amount of chars the
>> >> > user can fit on the screen.
>> >>
>> >> So, you don't all object to having a maximum width because you don't
>> >> run your browsers maximised, but rather you do complain about fixed
>> >> width not scaling down to smaller widths on smaller screens. The
>> >> suggestion of having:
>> >>
>> >> #container {
>> >>     max-width: <some value>;
>> >>     width: 100%;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> Seems to be a reasonable compromise. How many people actually have
>> >> their browsers maximised and want really long lines? Aurelien? Jan?
>> >> Anyone?
>> >
>> > I run my browser maximised.  I don't think you should fiddle with width,
>> > just let people resize their browsers if need be...
>>
>> Surely if we cannot impose constraints on how long the lines of text
>> are, we cannot impose constraints on how the user manages their
>> windows... Yes, I am being facetious.
>
> I'll say it another way: Stop worrying about width, it's entirely the
> user's problem.

It seems web developers disagree. And how come you request an 80
character line length limit ('where sane') for code and e-mails and
argue that shorter lines are more readable but, in this case, it's not
the concern of the author, it's the concern of the reader?

Regards,
Rob