swiss1939 wrote:
Uhh this user details toggle is awesome! I had also missed the extended user details since the mobile updates but figured they were unnecessary in favor of space. Hadn't noticed the details link until you mentioned it. Love it!
It wasn't part of the initial mobile version. It snuck in over the last couple days.
swiss1939 wrote:
Almost wish the layouts were universal across desktop and mobile now (with mobile thread style becoming the default) cause I'm starting to prefer the mobile version! It kinda helps condense negative space that is unused below the user info on the left of the desktop version, and gives more width for those extra long posts to take up less height, or those occasional super wide posts due to a link that won't wrap, etc.
The side-mounted author detail in the desktop version actually serves a purpose. With text, you always want to avoid extra-wide lines. The theoretical optimum line length is 50-60 characters, and more than 100 characters (or so) reduces readability a
lot. That was one reason I started limiting the width of all MV pages to 1000 pixels (though I later upped it to 1280) and the reason that I'm not likely to change the side-mounted author information. If it weren't there, I would have to fill that space with something else.
If you really like the mobile version, though, just make your desktop window narrow and it will change layout on the fly. The layout is based on screen (or window) width -- I'm not actually trying to figure out what kind of device you're using.