I tried looking at the reviews for a monitor, and when I clicked "see more reviews" I got redirected to a page asking me to login and to provide my mobile phone number (which I didn't do for privacy reasons).

On Instagram I was confused at everyone else mentioning Instagram stories because I only have the option of uploading pictures and videos. Then I found out that it's something you can only do if you use Instagram on a phone... I swear I've came across a few sites that wouldn't even let you sign up if you were using a PC

I only ever browse social media on a PC and that's the way it will always be. Sometimes I can't help but feel like desktop/computer users are becoming an afterthought. Anyone else have similar feelings? 🫠

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You mean the narrow kinda look? I also have a large monitor and prefer the bigger/wider versions too since I find it easier on the eyes and it looks less weird. I know UI design isn't easy but it'd be nice if there was an option for that for the reason you mention.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

It's been studied quite extensively, and there's a limit to the width on most pages for a reason. Your eyes have a harder time tracking a very wide width, and it's easier to read in a column like that. Even newspapers do it, because it's a well-researched topic.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeh right in the center of the screen in a column. Bonus hate if there's no dark mode.

Think it annoys me more as I work for a Web app company in infrastructure and know there's some tricks to make it look decent enough.

That said I bitched and moaned for a dark mode for our internal instance before they did anything about it.

[–] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 3 points 11 hours ago

I’m sure you know about browser extensions like Dark Reader that can force websites to be dark mode. ( I wish it could work beyond the browser as well )