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To: Eric L who wrote (1501)	9/27/2004 7:34:14 PM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 6035

page elements can expand and contract... ...used to be a custom option in the previous SI: expand or not, on or off; don't recall which was the default. I do recall Bob saying this shall become an option again, later. Could be wrong...

To: Eric L who wrote (1501)	9/27/2004 7:56:18 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6035

Let me state it a different way: If you time test yourself reading, you will finish 10-12-15 word/line passages faster than 30 word/line passages. You don't have to move your eyes or your head as much. Your eyes stay in one place more or less and you only have to move vertically. "Pro" sites where a lot of reading takes place don't strain their customers with 30 word/line presentation. That's true of WSJ, CNN, MSNBC, National Geographic, Washington Post, New York Times, etc... A few of them have a "slightly" variable text box, but it's limited movement keeping the word/line from around 9 to around 16 (see: National Geo. especially on this issue.) Now, a great many people surf the web in full screen mode. To have a comfortable reading width, one would have to frequently readjust their browser as they're coming and going from SI. You get comfortable line widths most other places yet have to fix your browser when coming into SI. Then adjust again when leaving SI to resume full screen browsing. Too much hassle on the user, particularly those who "check in" a dozen times a day. Just because you can put 30 words on a line doesn't make it a good idea. And I'm all for flexibility which is why it's nice that the nav bar can move around and other elements on the page. Certainly those are valid "movers" for clients' personal tastes. Since this is a site where a lot reading takes place, why not do it like the rest of the professionals in the industry who have tried and tested all this stuff?