Community Platform Update: Wider content!

[CarolineS]

We’ve received a lot of feedback that the content on the community doesn’t make good use of the available browser space. So, we’re making it wider!

Previously, the content within posts was constrained to a maximum of 600 pixels, following UX best practices of ~80 characters per line to make the content easily scannable.

BEFORE: The content is quite narrow at 600 pixels

Based on your feedback, we’ve expanded the maximum content width to 720 pixels - a 20% increase. Hopefully this will feel less awkwardly narrow, while still remaining readable.

AFTER: Less narrow!

P.S. We also fixed some bugs with this release. For example, now you won’t see this odd layout on blogs on mobile:

"Views" & "Comments" were smushed! Not any more.

[PhilipDAth]

I just gave this a test, and saw a lot of white space ... or is it only replies that can use the extra space?

[PhilipDAth]

Random text from Microsoft Word generated with =lorem() to test formatting.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna.

Nunc viverra imperdiet enim. Fusce est. Vivamus a tellus.

Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Proin pharetra nonummy pede. Mauris et orci.

Aenean nec lorem. In porttitor. Donec laoreet nonummy augue.

Suspendisse dui purus, scelerisque at, vulputate vitae, pretium mattis, nunc. Mauris eget neque at sem venenatis eleifend. Ut nonummy.

[CarolineS]

@PhilipDAth the content won't fill the whole width of the white area if you have a large browser window. It's still constrained, but wider. We know this isn't quite what you & some others are looking for, but hopefully a helpful compromise.

[PhilipDAth]

>Based on your feedback, we’ve expanded the maximum content width to 720 pixels - a 20% increase.

I tell a lie.  I think this is working.  I was just taking it too far.

[rhbirkelund]

In mobile view, something seems a bit off though. This is from my iPhone.

In landscape is looks OK though.

 

 

[CarolineS]

@rhbirkelund - The wrapping (or lack thereof! :-)) of the post metadata (name / rank / date) is a separate known issue. Thanks!