Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things

[chrisjj]

> We, developers, can only mathematically align perfect rectangles.

I've heard that really clever devs can do circles too...

[PaulHoule]

Except for Adobe (in the case of PDF) where they can only draw Bézier curves.

[kevincox]

The worst part about this is that it requires knowing the font. I generally like to let users use their preferred don't so I don't change the default. So I have no hope.

[paulpauper]

CSS , tables, and mobile browsers ... shudders

[sylware]

Looking at implementing my own wayland compositor (finally)... the thought of centering windows properly...

[h2odragon]

mouse pointer bugs ugh

now im tempted to copy the trick