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Re: How to display format=flowed (and other topics)?



On 2005-10-13 14:37:29 -0400, Derek Martin wrote:

> People's idea of what is readable differs.  Regardless of what
> the majority find readable, there will be plenty of people who
> prefer something else.  I can see no justifiable reason for not
> letting them decide for themselves they want longer lines.

Readability is actually something that you can measure empirically.
Take the challenge from my earlier document, do the experiment, and
time reading the same amount of text in different formattings.

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Thomas Roessler · Personal soap box at <http://log.does-not-exist.org/>.

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