Click Banner For More Info See All Sponsors

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!

This site is now closed permanently to new posts.
We recommend you use the new Townsy Cafe!

Click anywhere but the link to dismiss overlay!

Results 1 to 3 of 3

  • Share this thread on:
  • Follow: No Email   
  • Thread Tools
  1. TopTop #1
    CSummer's Avatar
    CSummer
     

    Limiting line length for better readability

    Will it ever be possible to have the posting ap limit line lengths to a more reasonable length? Perhaps simply by specifying a smaller (in width) window for displaying the posts? And without filling the space to the side with animated ads (plain text of static graphics is fine) or distracting videos, etc? (If I zoom in even 10%, on my monitor the lines run off the display!)

    Thanks,
    Clint
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  2. TopTop #2
    Barry's Avatar
    Barry
    Founder & Moderator

    Re: Limiting line length for better readability

    Quote Posted in reply to the post by CSummer: View Post
    Will it ever be possible to have the posting ap limit line lengths to a more reasonable length? Perhaps simply by specifying a smaller (in width) window for displaying the posts? And without filling the space to the side with animated ads (plain text of static graphics is fine) or distracting videos, etc? (If I zoom in even 10%, on my monitor the lines run off the display!)
    Maybe. I've thought about adding a column for ads on the right, but it would probably not be for all categories. Events, for example, might still be able to use the full width.

    So I take it your monitor supports a max width of 1024 pixels?

    Seem like you should be able to zoom in 10% and then scroll a bit to the right and just lose the poster's avatar.

    Anybody else having this problem?

    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  3. TopTop #3
    Shandi's Avatar
    Shandi
     

    Re: Limiting line length for better readability

    This is something I learned when I worked for Alex Mandossian, the Internet Guru. It's called "chunking", and I use it in my emails. It makes for faster, easier reading because you don't have to go all the way across the page. I've forgotten sometimes when I'm posting that it doesn't work here.

    The other thing that many people do is write a long run on paragraph, with no space for eye relief. When I see that it makes me not want to read it. I really have to force myself to plow through it.


    Quote Posted in reply to the post by Barry: View Post
    Maybe. I've thought about adding a column for ads on the right, but it would probably not be for all categories....
    Last edited by thedaughter; 04-15-2015 at 11:42 AM.
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

Similar Threads

  1. The American Dream Film-Full Length (Animated video about The Fed)
    By Barry in forum National & International Politics
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 10-29-2011, 03:14 PM
  2. Limiting Speak2Truth's posting frequency
    By Barry in forum National & International Politics
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 08-01-2011, 08:35 PM
  3. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-19-2010, 06:31 PM
  4. Length of Joe Rodata Trail
    By Sienna in forum General Community
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 02-19-2008, 07:53 AM

Bookmarks