There is an ideal column width for readability, which is well understood in
newspaper publishing but less so in books and even less so on the web. I
think its around 10 words.

-Steven
On Jan 28, 2013 2:00 PM, "Magnus Manske" <magnusman...@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> One thing this and previous designs agree upon is to use a three-column
> layout for content. On today's wide screens, reduced line length for the
> main text should improve readability, and still use the side columns
> pragmatically; it seems the TOC usually goes to the left, and infoboxes to
> the right.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:20 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I found this one visually appealing:
> >
> > http://dribbble.com/wirwoluf/projects/104912-wikipedia-redesign
> >
> > No doubt others will now take it apart :-)
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
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