On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Johan Tibell <johan.tib...@gmail.com> wrote: >> One thing I haven't seen anyone else comment on is the width of the new >> docs. I have a large (26") monitor and use the browser full-screen (with >> xmonad, so even more screen space). When I load these pages, particularly >> the non-frame one, something like 50% of my screen real-estate is empty >> whitespace on either side of the doc content. There is also wasted space >> in the frames version, just a little less of it. I wish the docs were >> using that space like the current Haddock does. Is the plan to use a >> fixed width like this? > > Yes. There's research suggesting that the line length should be between 65 > and 75 characters per line. > http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/42/text_length.htm
Perhaps on large monitors the Synopsis could auto-open to use the available space? My 2 cents, ;) -- Felipe. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
