There is an ideal column width for readability, which is well understood in newspaper publishing but less so in books and even less so on the web. I think its around 10 words.
-Steven On Jan 28, 2013 2:00 PM, "Magnus Manske" <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing this and previous designs agree upon is to use a three-column > layout for content. On today's wide screens, reduced line length for the > main text should improve readability, and still use the side columns > pragmatically; it seems the TOC usually goes to the left, and infoboxes to > the right. > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:20 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I found this one visually appealing: > > > > http://dribbble.com/wirwoluf/projects/104912-wikipedia-redesign > > > > No doubt others will now take it apart :-) > > > > > > - d. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
