[–] Tree_Snake 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) 3.1 years ago (edited 3.1 years ago)
Because your eyeballs must move farther to follow the text when the screen is horizontal. Newspapers segment into columns for this reason.
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[–] MrPim 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 3.1 years ago
I prefer text be horizontal also. Less scrubbing back and forth for wide columns.
[–] Tree_Snake 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Because your eyeballs must move farther to follow the text when the screen is horizontal. Newspapers segment into columns for this reason.
edited spelling