Comment by philipwhiuk
4 hours ago
My problem is the opposite and there's no reader mode that turns off site design with about 8 words a line. Usually I have to delve into the markup to disable the right style.
"Universal acceptance" seems remarkably citation-free. AI cites back to Baymard which doesn't provide any actual published research article indicating the results.
> there's no reader mode that turns off site design with about 8 words a line
Firefox's reader mode allow you to set the line length. If the reader-mode is able to understand the page it should be able to increase the length as well?
> "Universal acceptance"
Looking into it bit more I concede there's no real research consensus for optimal range in the 50-100 character range. I could not find research for the 180 char length this site render on my laptop screen at reasonable font size.
(Research indicate that bigger line spacing is beneficial for long lines though.)