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  • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

    Ever wondered why magazines have multiple columns on a portrait page instead of one column? It is easier to read that way. Plus people like to read down. If you use all of the horizontal space your website will appear sparse.

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    Rob Philpott
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    Excellent answer, sir.

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      Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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      The wide border down the side is for making notes with a permanent marker.

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        Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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        Rage
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        Because such design decisions are unfortunately not made by tech guys, but by managers, who look at landscape formatted powerpoint presentations all day.

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          Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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          Ultimately, reading down a column does not need any horizontal eye movement : the eye literally traverses vertically through a column, for instance. That's why reading columns feel better than long horizontal text. Computer monitors used to be almost squares, and then got more and more in that portrait format when 16/9 supplanted 4/3. To watch a movie, you need peripheral vision, hence the wide screens ( well, you don't _need_ it, but immersion is greater). And since it is easier to not use some screen space than to add more screen space on demand, the first solution won. The big improvement was the modularity of smartphones and tablets : Use them in portrait to read, and landscape to watch movies and play games.

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            Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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            BobJanova
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            It's not a waste of space if you don't run everything full screen all the time. You can adjust each window to the size you want it for the content it contains, and then lay them out on the screen so you can see what you want to see. Interestingly almost all of my windows actually end up around 4:3 landscape, apparently (looking at my screen right now).

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              Ultimately, reading down a column does not need any horizontal eye movement : the eye literally traverses vertically through a column, for instance. That's why reading columns feel better than long horizontal text. Computer monitors used to be almost squares, and then got more and more in that portrait format when 16/9 supplanted 4/3. To watch a movie, you need peripheral vision, hence the wide screens ( well, you don't _need_ it, but immersion is greater). And since it is easier to not use some screen space than to add more screen space on demand, the first solution won. The big improvement was the modularity of smartphones and tablets : Use them in portrait to read, and landscape to watch movies and play games.

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              I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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              Richard Andrew x64
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              Rage wrote:

              Computer monitors used to be almost squares

              Was that when monitors used to use a technology called...what was it called, umm......CRT? I've heard my Grandfather tell stories about it. :rolleyes:

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                Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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                I run a Portrait monitor, and a landscape one. Much to my surprise I have gravitated to Chrome on the Portrait, and VS on my landscape. The later I expected, but I was perfectly happy with Chrome in Landscape before I added the portrait monitor. Now when I have to have Chrome in landscape it looks odd, and seems slower to read (probably because I can't see the whole line of text with my peripheral vision and speed read the whole line without moving my eyes)

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                  Does anyone know why the huge majority of websites use a portrait format, but almost every computer monitor I have seen is landscape?

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                  You assume people keep their browsers maximized.

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                    Rage wrote:

                    Computer monitors used to be almost squares

                    Was that when monitors used to use a technology called...what was it called, umm......CRT? I've heard my Grandfather tell stories about it. :rolleyes:

                    The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                    Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                    Was that when monitors used to use a technology called...what was it called, umm......CRT?

                    The five 4:3 LCD monitors I have around the house say no.

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                      Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                      Was that when monitors used to use a technology called...what was it called, umm......CRT?

                      The five 4:3 LCD monitors I have around the house say no.

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                      Daniel Desormeaux wrote:

                      4:3 LCD monitors

                      You young whippersnappers!

                      The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                        Daniel Desormeaux wrote:

                        4:3 LCD monitors

                        You young whippersnappers!

                        The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                        Unfortunately, I can remember when the only output we had was a long roll of paper and black ink.

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                          Daniel Desormeaux wrote:

                          4:3 LCD monitors

                          You young whippersnappers!

                          The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                          Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                          You young whippersnappers!

                          If you were suggesting I'm too young to own CRTs, I still have 2 or 3 of those in the basement (after giving away maybe half a dozen)

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