Trouble reading on a 12" screen? I read on my 9" screen just fine. Perhaps a font or resolution adjustment might help? I was on my 9" for hours today, never noticed a problem, surfing, reading, I use Notebook there all the time with no problem, but I probably adjusted the font/resolution, etc., the first day I had it and never worried again. I do use $1 reading glasses with all my computers, I must admit. . . . Michael On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
Jay Toser wrote:
1) ... I LOVE TEXT ...
Me too. My problem is that the HTML n.n (n's being really small numbers) format I think is more universally viewable TODAY than the 80-character-line TXT on more devices (my ipod touch and 12" wide laptop screen each giving different readability problems: wacky wraparound and too fine a print in Notepad, respectively).
2) My only recommendation in this debate is this: There is no longer a need for a hard line break at every 80 character line. However, I believe there is still a need for a hard line break between paragraphs.
Completely agreed. That was the gist of my original proposal.
Another question is whether today's most primitive TXT-reading softwares now come with wraparound-- and by this I mean "terminal editors" like emacs and vi. Or what is the most primitive device in use today-- is it a 1980 Win 3.1 'puter, perhaps the itouch (in some regards)?
Another idea is whether we could tolerate another format. If we've already got half a dozen, why not have another that is "non-80 plain text" (defined above by Jay).
-- Greg M. Johnson http://pterandon.blogspot.com