Re: Message Boxes / 5:3 Ratio

[Calum Benson <calum benson ireland sun com>]

Karl Eichwalder wrote:

> Of course, it's also needed to provide limitation depending on the
> application window size and/or the the size of the screen in general.
> E.g., the width of a simple message dialog should not exceed what is
> considered to hold a normal line (± 72 characters, or some more in case
> of proportional fonts).

Actually, for a message box, 72 chars is a bit too wide to be
easily-readable, regardless of font-- a better guideline is to stick to
a limit of about 10 words per line (for messages in English and most
other Western languages, at least).

Cheeri,
Calum.

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