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I've seen this claim a lot, but nobody ever links to the research. Does it exist?
by jahewson 12y ago
I've seen this claim a lot, but nobody ever links to the research. Does it exist?
- phpnode 12y agoIt's trivial to do an experiment yourself, copy a load of text from a wikipedia article into a text file then open it in your browser, full screen. Depending on your display size you'll probably find it hard to read when line width exceeds roughly 90 chars
- thrill 12y agoPersonally, I have absolutely no problem reading wide screen text - all I need is about an em of white space on each side. Wish more sites offered that.
- matthewmacleod 12y agoYep, there's some information and citations here: http://www.usability.gov/get-involved/blog/2006/08/line-length-and-onscreen-reading.html http://www.usability.gov/get-involved/blog/2006/08/line-leng...