Wider yet?

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larkim Oct 2018 4:02pm, 25 Oct 2018 5,940 posts	0 larkim Did the forum pages just get wider, or is it my imagination?
iRicey Oct 2018 4:10pm, 25 Oct 2018 275 posts	0 iRicey I think everything just got wider...
K5 Gus Oct 2018 4:10pm, 25 Oct 2018 2,752 posts	0 K5 Gus Yep, they did indeed ( viewing in Chrome, using Windows 10 ). I think they were always full screen width on mac OS going by screenshots that Fetch has put up in the past.
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 4:12pm, 25 Oct 2018 20,041 posts	0 fetcheveryone It's something that kicks in if your browser window is at least 1200px wide. Try grabbing the side of your browser window and making it narrower, to see all the layout variations it goes through.
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 4:13pm, 25 Oct 2018 20,042 posts	0 fetcheveryone But no, it wasn't full screen on Mac, I just crop the images before uploading.
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 4:24pm, 25 Oct 2018 20,043 posts	0 fetcheveryone Some of the pages will benefit from the extra width with no further changes, but others might get a bit of adjustment to contain a few more columns. The BBC news page is a good example of an extra column that drops in when the page is extra-wide: bbc.co.uk (when you narrow their page, the extra column drops under the main stories).
larkim Oct 2018 4:24pm, 25 Oct 2018 5,941 posts	0 larkim Glad it wasn't just me imagining things. Our bounds are now set.
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 4:26pm, 25 Oct 2018 20,044 posts	0 fetcheveryone If anyone is interested in the technique, google "responsive design". Basically, it means a web page that renders differently depending on the capabilities of the viewer's device.
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 4:30pm, 25 Oct 2018 20,045 posts	0 fetcheveryone But... I've just switched it off, as I've noticed a very prominent problem with our home page.