Stop using tables for documenting configuration properties (techdocs.studio) 1 points by dgarcia360 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] compressedgas 2y ago ↗ Tables are scan-able. The description list isn't. Use both. The table for the fixed size information and the list for the details that wouldn't fit.
[–] DarkNova6 2y ago ↗ Nothing to see here.You can’t disprove a common practice just by giving a singular example and then say one is clearly better the another.Most the time, tables are a perfect and reasonable use of wide monitors. The problem starts once start adding columns mindlessly.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 17.0 ms ] threadYou can’t disprove a common practice just by giving a singular example and then say one is clearly better the another.
Most the time, tables are a perfect and reasonable use of wide monitors. The problem starts once start adding columns mindlessly.