On 4/23/14, 1:53 PM, "Ola Fosheim Grøstad"
<[email protected]>" wrote:
On Wednesday, 23 April 2014 at 16:13:37 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
So I'd dlang.org to foster a behavior depending on the available real
estate, as follows:
* Cap cpl at e.g. 110 on very large screens.
* As the available width decreases, reduce cpl up to 60.
* If cpl with sidebar falls below 60, remove the sidebar and obtain
e.g. 80 cpl.
* As the available width reduces further, allow reduction down to e.g.
35 cpl, and then require horizontal scrolling.
At some point you'll probably realize that the term "cpl" is not
particularly meaningful in this context because:
1. you don't use a monofont and have to figure out what "cpl" is in "em"
or "rem".
I'm talking averages.
2. adults detect phrases, not characters, so any measurements are done
on the wrong unit anyway.
For a given language (English in our case), the relationship translates
into average words per line.
3. quantitative human factors studies that go beyond your inate
capabilites tend to be full of severe methodological flaws.
Uhm...
Waste of time.
I doubt it.
Andrei
