Resizing your browser resizes your browser. The rest of the page content, the tab you're on (in every major browser), and the window holding those tabs, all resize with it. This is so misguided, I can't help but consider it to be just a thin veiled plea at making sites more frustrating for everyone in support of your supposed preference.
I'd know, because this is exactly how I temporarily "fix" rubbish, outdated sites that have all their 80 column text appear on the left: I resize my browser window to move the text in to the center of my display. It's immensely annoying. It's annoying enough that sometimes it compels me to spend the (short but anger filled) time and override the site's stylesheet rather. At which point, may as well have served me some plain text instead. Speaking of, I do sometimes just toggle reader mode on too.
If you personally don't like how wide a text is, you can of course apply your own preference in various ways: (1) responsive mode, (2) user stylesheets, (3) reader mode. Maybe there are others as well. But don't try to force your preference onto everyone please.
> you can of course apply your own preference in various ways
See above...
> But don't try to force your preference onto everyone please.
Limiting column width is already the predominantly established pattern, even all the way back to print, so this is nonsensical. Unless I interpret it as the cheap, childish clapback that it is. Which I have to say, really befits the take.
So anything that is not like the way things are now, is automatically nonsensical? That seems a very ... progressive mindset. And everything anyone else says, that goes against current trend is ... childish clapback? Wow. You sir are truly an enlightened being. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us today.
> So anything that is not like the way things are now, is automatically nonsensical?
No. Claiming that I'm trying to force something to happen that is already the given way is what's nonsensical. Because you see, it has already happened. I can at most reinforce it, contributing to it remaining established, which is really not the model you've been playing along in.
> That seems a very ... progressive mindset.
I'd go as far as to say it's downright tautological!
> And everything anyone else says, that goes against current trend is ... childish clapback?
No. Riding off what I said to coyly make your point instead of just directly sharing them, in order to get a rise out of the other, is what constitutes the childish clapback there. You know, like what you're doing again.
> Wow. You sir are truly an enlightened being.
Unfortunately, I fall way short of that. If I was truly enlightened, I wouldn't give conversations like this the time of day, as they're intentionally crafted to be asinine, to waste people's time and care. Or is that not your whole idea?
Because I have to say, could have fooled me! Repeating after me that I have the amazing options of simulating a different device, injecting my own styling, or using reader mode, blatantly ignoring that these are workarounds and right after I did explicitly list 2/3rds of them off, surely you can appreciate comes across as more than just a little insulting and disingenuous. So does reflecting back the subjectivity of the topic, while conveniently ignoring that e.g. stylesheet injection or browser extension use go both ways, and they could use those too. So is everything just fine as is then, or is there a change needed? Make up your mind, please?
> Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us today.
Cheers! I would say any time, but hopefully for not much longer.
I'd know, because this is exactly how I temporarily "fix" rubbish, outdated sites that have all their 80 column text appear on the left: I resize my browser window to move the text in to the center of my display. It's immensely annoying. It's annoying enough that sometimes it compels me to spend the (short but anger filled) time and override the site's stylesheet rather. At which point, may as well have served me some plain text instead. Speaking of, I do sometimes just toggle reader mode on too.