On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 05:12 -0700, Jeff Garland wrote:

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:36:13 -0500, Rene Rivera wrote

[snip]

...

That is an argument which does not apply to my design. I do not assume any particular pixel size! I only assume that 10 to 12 words per line is the most pleasing line length. That is what centuries of research and experimentation have shown.

Well sorry, but I believe it does. Granted you don't assume a pixel size, but the layout is clearly frozen. The whole context of Nielson's advice isn't on that page. No matter what "I" would like to do in terms of line length, scrolling, etc I can't do it. You've decided the best size for me and I have to adjust to it whether I like it or not...well, obviously I don't like it ;-)

Jeff

I whole heartedly agree with Jeff. It is not an issue of good layout or optimal HCI Design but about user choice. If I choose to have a tall thin browser window because I want most of my screen real estate devoted to an IDE that is *my* choice. But I don't want authors to dictate that I have to scroll or have their fixed width on my browser window. BTW the current boost home page also has a fixed minimum width which IMHO is wrong. /ikh