alt Hacker NewsI created a ycombinator account after years of resisting, just to respond to this post. Stop creating web pages with huge-ass gutters/margins.
If you are concerned about design you would realize your page looks ridiculous and borderline illegible on modern screens (that are not phones). Text color is an issue, but layout is worse.
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Have you ever seen a book?
They have huge gutters and margins, and not-quite-black text on creme/off-white/never-actually-white backgrounds... why? Because it's easier of the eyes for long blocks of text.
Ah, thank you. The next version of the page will include a YUUUGE sitemap on the left and the table of contents on the right.
We'll also add a wonderful floating text input box to let you chat with our helpful AI assistant.
This doesn't seem too far off from ~80 characters per line, which I believe is best practice for readability. Though you could make the column wider and bump up the font size and it would be even more readable.