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Originally Posted by Dave_S
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What possible use is multicolumn text in a reflowable format on a computer screen anyway? [...] The reading area can be as wide or narrow as the user desires in Firefox, and then it is possible to read rapidly with just casual flicks of the mouse scroll wheel for vertical scrolling. My $0.02  |
Most computer displays are wide. To have a comfortable reading width, you
would need to resize the Firefox window in a portrait shape. On one side you would see
a lot of distracting elements (for instance from the desktop) and on the other side you are
wasting potentially useful for reading space.
Please check this site using FF in full screen mode (F11).
http://kenneth.kufluk.com/google/js-columns/ . Click on the last paragraph. Now, imagine instead of 4, just 2 columns. You can also see this site:
http://www.arpia.be/2010/02/tutorial...mn-web-pages/#
Do you still prefer a long/tall page per chapter?