Comments on: New Wordpress theme http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/10/14/new-wordpress-theme/ Rapid Signal: a micro-ISV venture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dimitris Giannitsaros http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/10/14/new-wordpress-theme/#comment-153 Dimitris Giannitsaros Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:28:53 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=118#comment-153 I prefer liquid designs for web applications too, but I think fixed width is better for reading text. I can even cite <a href="http://paulgraham.com/gfaq.html" rel="nofollow">Paul Graham</a> on this: "The aim of web design is not to use all available screen space. It is legibility. Text is most legible with at most 60-70 characters per line. On computer screens, you don't want to go much over 60." ;-) I prefer liquid designs for web applications too, but I think fixed width is better for reading text.

I can even cite Paul Graham on this:
“The aim of web design is not to use all available screen space. It is legibility. Text is most legible with at most 60-70 characters per line. On computer screens, you don’t want to go much over 60.”

;-)

]]> By: Brian Yamabe http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/10/14/new-wordpress-theme/#comment-152 Brian Yamabe Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:55:40 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=118#comment-152 FWIW, I don't like the fixed with layouts that are common to Wordpress themes (maybe not as much as ESR does). I think the default theme is the problem because many designers probably used it as a baseline. Designers like it because of the control they have, but this is the web, the user is supposed to be in control. FWIW, I don’t like the fixed with layouts that are common to Wordpress themes (maybe not as much as ESR does). I think the default theme is the problem because many designers probably used it as a baseline. Designers like it because of the control they have, but this is the web, the user is supposed to be in control.

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