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I mean that most sites seem to be designed with a limited width in mind, so the additional width you would get from a 4:3 screen would simply be wasted by unused space and thus 16:9 wouldn't be inherently worse for webpages.
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Yeah, both my laptop and work monitor are 16x9, with webpages it's just wasted space on the side. So I think pages look a bit better on a 4:3 montitor, but the wasted space on the sides isn't distracting so it's not a drawback to a widescreen monitor. And is offset by seeing more columns in spreadsheets and other stats programs that I use a lot.
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I don't mind them on a larger screen either, but they seem a lot worse on a smaller screen.
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Yep, the smaller the screen, the more annoying it is to watch a widescreen movie letterboxed with black bars. The screen is already small, using less of it makes it even smaller.
But like I said, it's a trade off. 16x9 is a bit weird for books/PDFs etc., but 4:3 isn't ideal for movies, widescreen TV programs streaming online etc. Can't be perfect for every task.