"But then I can't see as many windows!" That brings us back to the GP's I need to see what I'm looking at, not what I'm not looking at". When you want to look at those other windows, bring them to the foreground and let them obscure this one.
Seems like the same amount of characters that are each wider would be wider? So you would see less characters on a line with the same amount of characters
Well yes and no. The line would visually become longer, but if we're talking enforced line length by IDE's, say 80 characters, then the line would still be 80 characters long, but just take up visually more horizontal space and so whether or not you see the same amount of characters on a line would become an issue of how much horizontal screen space do you afford for code.
That's how I think about it too. I use Anka/Coder Narrow. It takes some getting used to, but may enable using an additional editor window at certain monitor sizes.
Another commenter replied that all editors have word wrap, but the resulting code doesn't look great, IMHO. I prefer full control.
For terminal/console use wide fonts hurt IMHO. I really like Iosevka, it even has a terminal optimized version that's explicitly less wide: https://typeof.net/Iosevka/
Wider fonts are significantly easier to read than narrow fonts which is the main point a programmer typically optimizes for. Since most editors can reflow anyways and programmers are relatively conservatives for max width anyways my general experience is that I have more than enough space on the right unused.
It's strange, I find the complete opposite to be true. A narrower font allows my brain to grasp the line quicker, without having to move my eyes as much.
Google is really becoming the old Microsoft. In old Microsoft it was believed that competing teams for the same product would lead evolution for the best product. Google is now doing that.
Hangouts was cool much before iMessage and Zoom as mentioned in the article. I remember it being my main messaging platform. I remember being amazed with the video chat quality with multiple people. Google was at least 5-6 years ahead of the game. But then, it just fell more and more behind.
As far as Google products go, nothing is user-centric and everything gets clunkier. Only Google product that feels staying alive is Google maps and maybe Google search. Not that Bing is better but there are times, I Bing a search to find something I can't find in Google search. I feel like even Gmail is falling behind now; it stayed the same billion years. Simple filtering, organizing tools stayed the same.
