Translations:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Frequently asked questions/44/en

The second reason we think introducing a max-width could be beneficial to the reading experience is because it would work towards establishing a common experience for readers and editors. This should allow editors when making decisions about page layouts. The width the editor sees is the one the reader will see eventually. Currently an editor might be editing a page at a width of 1500px, while a reader reads it at a width of 1200px. By implementing a max-width we don’t remove this discrepancy completely (because there would still be variation below the fixed-width, for people with narrower screens), however we would be greatly limiting the range of variation.