GNU doesn't make good use of the web format, that's true. It's probably intended for print so they can't include fancy menus. The font is fine to me, but it looks like it chooses your default font for sans-serif. Mine is set to be Inter (would recommend).
I'll give you a more modern documentation which does use the horizontal space nicely while keeping the content at a comfortable width: docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/
The FreeBSD docs are okay, but they need a way larger line height. A factor of 1.8 is typically considered good at that line width, but it only uses 1.5.
@Notsonoble Shouldn't the readability be the deciding factor? What use is a manual if I keep stumbling over the text because the lines are too long? I checked some online documentations and they limit the content width all the same, e.g. www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
My boss wasn't happy about me using libraries such as Zod to define interfaces because it looks confusing. To be fair, it does look like shit compared to native interfaces from other languages.
But I can't get rid of it because things like Date objects are converted to strings when put into JSON, and then my regular TypeScript interfaces would always be wrong for either frontend or backend.
I get now why some web apps send JavaScript code around. Shit would be so much easier.
If you look at my website, you'll see that it's usually very wide. The art section is completely unbounded, even. But the notebook area with the text? Narrow because believe it or not, I actually care if people can read it.
I can't stand overly airy mobile-first designs that make you scroll like a maniac either, but at least try to think if what you want is actually reasonable.
What's the point of cramming as many words as possible on the screen if the readability drops by orders of magnitude? Boy, I sure am glad I can look at all these words, though. AAAAAAAAA
People who go "the new layout leaves so much empty space on the sides " are the bane of my designer existence. There are things you can scale horizontally, and there are things you can't. Reading wide text SUCKS
I'm not sure why people want phones with physical keyboards. I had a Palm Pre with a proper QWERTZ keyboard and the buttons were just way too small. The haptic feedback is good, but nowadays I swipe words and that just works way better.
