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Increased font size breaks layout #11499

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jidanni opened this issue Jul 18, 2024 · 0 comments
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Increased font size breaks layout #11499

jidanni opened this issue Jul 18, 2024 · 0 comments
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♿ a11y An MDN Web Docs accessible by everyone effort: medium This task is a medium effort. idle layout Issues related to alignment, positioning and spacing/margin/padding need more info Further information is requested p2 We want to address this but may have other higher priority items.

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jidanni commented Jul 18, 2024

MDN URL

Many pages, the entire site in fact,

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

Here is what the website looks like on a Chromebook,

xx

What did you expect to see?

I expected to see more of the page,
but all we get to see is tiny box B.
That's the only part of the page that scrolls down.

On other websites, we could be finished reading a document before bedtime.

But here, due to needing baby-steps scrolling, it will take longer.

One also notices:

  1. Totally wasted area A.
  2. Additional wasted area C.

I am sorry, but:

  • Users give up scrolling tiny window B, and find some other website to read that is not so painful.
  • Users wonder how could a website that discusses website design be so poorly designed. Perhaps all the articles on it are not to be trusted, if websites like this are the result.

Stackoverflow on the other hand, allows the user to scroll the entire M area:

ss1

@jidanni jidanni added the needs triage Triage needed by staff and/or partners. Automatically applied when an issue is opened. label Jul 18, 2024
@Rumyra Rumyra transferred this issue from mdn/content Jul 18, 2024
@LeoMcA LeoMcA added p2 We want to address this but may have other higher priority items. need more info Further information is requested effort: medium This task is a medium effort. ♿ a11y An MDN Web Docs accessible by everyone layout Issues related to alignment, positioning and spacing/margin/padding and removed needs triage Triage needed by staff and/or partners. Automatically applied when an issue is opened. labels Jul 23, 2024
@LeoMcA LeoMcA changed the title Site looks terrible on a chromebook Increased font size breaks layout Jul 23, 2024
@github-actions github-actions bot added the idle label Aug 22, 2024
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