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if you narrow your browser window, it automatically switches to one column.


That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized. It's good to know, and thank you for pointing it out, but the original feedback is pertinent - it's inconvenient to resize the browser for one page that's flowed poorly.

A single column of similar size would be fine. Two columns is not great.


> That doesn't help much for folks who read with their browser window maximized.

They should install proper window manager, then. (I use GridMove.) I for example use only half of the screen for the browser and sometimes it's annoying, because the content is exactly couple letters too wide. Why should web designers force their width of screen on everybody?


Yes, but the point of responsive design is to make the content work and work well on all browser sizes. A two column layout doesn't make sense for a blog post.




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