Kat wrote:

>Title
>According the the W3C:
>http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/TITLE.html
>
>There is no actual limit on title but it is recommended that it is less 
>than 64 characters.

I think it's important to point out that the W3C Style Guide from which 
that suggestion (not recommendation) comes is very dated and comes with 
this warning:

"This document was written in the early days of the web (1992), defining 
such terms as "webmaster", the "www.xxx.com" convention, and a few basic 
points which are just as valid today.  It has not been updated to discuss 
recent developments in HTML., and is out of date in many places, except 
for the addition of a few new pages, with given dates."

It also goes on to say:

"That is, many applications will display document titles in window titles, 
menus, etc where there is only limited room."

Given that average screen sizes have increased since 1998, when the W3C 
Style was last updated, I wouldn't be overly concerned about titles above 
64 characters, and I certainly wouldn't treat 64 as an official 
recommendation or as a magic number.

Dan




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