[Tickets #12802] Re: Limit max width of compose textarea in dynamic view

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12802
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  Ticket             | 12802
  Updated By         | horde at headbank.co.uk
  Summary            | Limit max width of compose textarea in dynamic view
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 6.1.4
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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horde at headbank.co.uk (2013-10-29 09:40) wrote:

Rather unnecessarily combative response there Michael, if I may say  
so. I'll admit (and duly apologise for) my knowledge of email being  
somewhat superficial. I've used it for a bit more than 15 years, but I  
haven't been as deeply involved in its implementation as I currently  
necessarily find myself. That obviously makes me at times reliant on  
my observations of how things are usually done, which I call  
conventions (nobody mentioned standards).

I *have* been berated for my lines of text being too long, and I've  
seen it happen to others. Text content is *not* routinely flowed in  
this bold new world: Did you ever see a README, or a code file, that  
didn't restrict line-width to somewhere around 80char? Look at your  
own reply right here, on the Horde platform: I see plenty of inserted  
line-breaks. More to the point, why is the Imp compose *window* chosen  
to be the width it is?

If you prefer, let's treat it purely as an ergonomic, or usability  
matter. I'll assert that the basis for the compose window's width is  
that most people find it harder to read text whose lines are too long.  
The limit of personal comfort/acuity is different for everyone, but  
there are popular *conventions* across various collaborative platforms  
that peg it at 80char, 78char, sometimes even 60char. I've always  
considered it good general netiquette to conform to the 80char  
convention, and those of us who like to read what we write before  
hitting Send (perhaps this is also a relic of years ago?) find the  
width of horde's window very sensible for this reason.

I'm very appreciative of the work you do on Horde, and the personal  
help you've given me as I'm sure you're very busy with it. I certainly  
have no pretensions of this ticket being of anything other than very  
low priority; but there's no need to jump down people's throats.