On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:30:57 -0500, David Abrahams wrote
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:
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"
I'm one of the group that argued for the current approach. I'd be more swayed by the 'readability research' if the boost site were a blog or something for reading. But in large part the boost site is scanned -- people trying to find the right place to read a paragraph or two. The more scrolling you force the less usability in my view. Jeff