80-character comments: does it matter?

[Gervase Markham]

On 17/12/09 06:09, David Balažic wrote:
> I absolutely hate when the web server forces a decision like this on me.
> If the line is too long for me, I simply drag the edge of the browser window
> narrower and the problem is fixed in split second.

Except that if the window is narrow enough for the optimum reading with 
for comments, it's too narrow to fit in all the bug fields above. A 
scheme where the recommended Bugzilla policy for window size was "you 
need to resize the window every time you scroll up and down a bug" would 
be laughable.

And many people will not resize their window, and so get a sub-optimal 
reading experience without knowing why. An important usability tenet is 
to make life better for the user without bothering them about it or 
making them do stuff to get the benefit.

Gerv
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