Noissue - Add support for large-desktop-width to help center

I don't have my hopes up for this one :D - But I wanted to suggest it, and making the change myself was as-fast. I think there may be a problem with the product page though. We could fit 3 or 4 columns. 2 columns looks a little stretched.

[juliandoucette, 2017-10-18 13:58:16]

I created this prototype in response to the prospect of disabling
large-desktop-width in help center.

I don't have a strong opinion about this. But my intuition leans towards "we
should support large-desktop-width". I don't think that it's necessary that we
do this now - especially if it delays development.

[ire, 2017-10-20 08:28:50]

> I think there may be a problem with the product page though. We could fit 3 or
4 columns. 2 columns looks a little stretched.

Yes I agree. I think 2 columns worked the best (for the general categories at
least, i.e. not the popular topics)

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I think we could support large-desktop-width as you've shown here. I guess the
question is more about if we want to. 
I think we should continue developing this demo (particularly the product page)
and get the opinion of Jeen. 
I personally still prefer the look of the smaller container, but I could be
convinced otherwise :p

(I also think we should consider how other pages will look, e.g. the Imprint
page. Maybe we should implement that and see how it looks before moving forward
here?)

[juliandoucette, 2017-10-23 14:13:53]

On 2017/10/20 08:28:50, ire wrote:
> I think we could support large-desktop-width as you've shown here. I guess the
> question is more about if we want to. 
> I think we should continue developing this demo (particularly the product
page)
> and get the opinion of Jeen. 
> I personally still prefer the look of the smaller container, but I could be
> convinced otherwise :p

Agreed. CC Jeen & Martin.

Context: website-defaults (our common styles for all websites) includes support
for "large desktop width" (max-width: 1140px after 1200px). But the help centre
does not. Ire recently proposed that we allow this width to be disabled for
specific websites (e.g. the help centre). I countered her proposal with a
proposal to support the large desktop width via the help centre. I did this
because I would rather support the same widths across websites - if it's all the
same to you.

Here are screenshots:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9dIRGeSpmZ_Qm1KU1VKS2xjMUk

- "custom desktop N" show what the help centre looks like without large desktop
support
- "default large desktop N" show what the help centre would look like if it
treated container widths like our other websites (navbar, body, and footer)

Will you please consider both of these proposals and give us feedback about
which you prefer?

[juliandoucette, 2017-10-24 12:22:48]

On 2017/10/23 14:13:53, juliandoucette wrote:
> Agreed. CC Jeen & Martin.
> 
> Context: website-defaults (our common styles for all websites) includes
support
> for "large desktop width" (max-width: 1140px after 1200px). But the help
centre
> does not. Ire recently proposed that we allow this width to be disabled for
> specific websites (e.g. the help centre). I countered her proposal with a
> proposal to support the large desktop width via the help centre. I did this
> because I would rather support the same widths across websites - if it's all
the
> same to you.
> 
> Here are screenshots:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9dIRGeSpmZ_Qm1KU1VKS2xjMUk
> 
> - "custom desktop N" show what the help centre looks like without large
desktop
> support
> - "default large desktop N" show what the help centre would look like if it
> treated container widths like our other websites (navbar, body, and footer)
> 
> Will you please consider both of these proposals and give us feedback about
> which you prefer?

From Jeen:

Hi Julian,

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I prefer the versions for "custom desktop
1.jpg" and "custom desktop 2.jpg" because it sits in a narrower container - and
when it comes to screen readability, the optimal article container width for
users is 560-pixel. Using the default version moves further away from this
value, making the page less easy to scan. 

Jeen

[juliandoucette, 2017-10-24 12:23:50]

On 2017/10/24 12:22:48, juliandoucette wrote:
> 
> From Jeen:
> 
> Hi Julian,
> 
> Thanks for the detailed explanation. I prefer the versions for "custom desktop
> 1.jpg" and "custom desktop 2.jpg" because it sits in a narrower container -
and
> when it comes to screen readability, the optimal article container width for
> users is 560-pixel. Using the default version moves further away from this
> value, making the page less easy to scan. 
> 
> Jeen

Ack. Closing this review then.