# Discourse with a very widescreen browser

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-with-a-very-widescreen-browser/51527
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [Octobre 14, 2016, 3:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-with-a-very-widescreen-browser/51527 "2016-10-14T03:40:03Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [Octobre 14, 2016, 3:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-with-a-very-widescreen-browser/51527/2 "2016-10-14T03:58:57Z")

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There was some discussion about it: [1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-white-space-and-increasing-main-content-column-width/50929) [2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368)

One common UX rule, is not making text wide enough that you need to move your neck to read it. So keeping to something like ~700px is common pratice:

Facebook:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/b/8b7e1dce765bc74b54a7594e8985ef81ee621cbf.jpg)

Medium:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/7/d705d12453f824808aa63e68f8b341a6ea5b68d9.png)um:

Twitter:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/9/d94808ae56d5cf43cffa58a469fdf62e9dc660d5.jpg)

However, here you can customize your instance as you see fit. CSS will make it as wider as you want.

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