Re: [boost] [website] When will the new website be ready?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-06 08:30:57

Jim Douglas <jim_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> And for those that don't know, the new site design is at 
>> <http://boost.redshift-software.com/>.
>
> Nice work!
>
> I have one constructive criticism of the style regarding usability. 
> Research has established that we humans find it difficult to read very 
> long lines of text. The optimum seems to be around 10 - 15 words per line.
>
> I am of the belief that this should be achieved by putting the text in 
> tables that restrict the line length. See my site at:
>
> http://www.dramatec.co.uk/boost-qnx6/

I'm on your side of this debate, and I'm pretty sure Rene is, too.
But there's a long history here.  Lots of people resented the fact
that so much of their screen real-estate was being "wasted"

> The new design allows the text to flow almost the full width of the 
> screen, and on my monitor with 1280 px across that results in about 30 
> words per line.
>
> OK, so the reader is at liberty to set the width of the browser window...

And that was the counter-argument, IIRC.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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