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shrughes
The golden ratio is a terrible window ratio for editing.
cleverjake
Why is that?
johncoltrane
I'm not the parent, but the linked project has some bold statements in its README:

> each window has a size that is not convenient for editing

> The window that has the main focus will have the perfect size for editing

and nothing to backup these claims except a wikipedia article that, in fact, doesn't.

The parent's comment goes well with the project's claims, I'd say.

fuzzix
Time to pull this one out again, Fibonacci Flim-Flam:

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm

My own experience with editing windows is that I'll need different dimensions for different tasks. While a vim-plugin or such that did dynamic pane resizing might be useful I don't think the fundamentally aesthetic concern behind the golden-ratio cult adds anything to this.

johncoltrane
I didn't really need to be convinced as I have a profound aversion for pseudo-science but that was a very interesting read. Thank you.
shrughes
Once the window's wide enough to display full lines of text, you only benefit from having more rows.
cvrajeesh
Is there research results which quantity whether Golden Ratio is good for window management?
jrockway
If you can't see the code in a window, why display it at all?
timmclean
I can't see how the golden ratio is useful in making a window the "perfect size"...