>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >David Abrahams >Sent: 02 July 2007 01:38 >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Boost-docs] Layouts and Ideal Line Length
>* long lines pose well-known and proven readability hurdles > (http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/42/text_length.htm) I very much doubt if this is relevant when there are so many inserts of code snippets, pictures & tables as is universal in Boost docs. >If you don't consider long lines to be a problem, then our current >solution -- and that used by many sites -- is a reasonable one: just >spread text to the edges of the available space and tell people to >adjust their browser's width to make it legible. Fine IMO - and I've spent some time viewing (html and pdf) documentation recently ;-) I think Keep It Simple Sirs applies here. Paul --- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539561830 & SMS, Mobile +44 7714 330204 & SMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
