On Tuesday, 22 April 2014 at 12:21:57 UTC, w0rp wrote:
and 110 characters from what I have read. I found one study here which didn't turn up a great observable difference in reading speed or comprehension going from 80 to 110 characters.
You can do all the quantitative laboratory experiments in the world, but at the end of the day the only thing that is certain is that people don't approach a web page as if they are participating in a reading contest, and that people are different, have different skills and motivation. So, being able to adapt the page to your own needs is the "right" thing to do.
What is certain is that testing with a heterogeneous group of real people is much more efficient than evaluation by a usability expert, no matter how proficient that expert is. ;-)
