Here’s an interesting idea: When writing a headline, add substantial context so we know what the article is about.
Wow try being nicer I assure you it doesn’t hurt :)
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what subtitle? all i see is the title “Such an interesting idea!” and a link with a thumbnail. is there more information that my client isn’t displaying?
I second the question but from the looks of a web UI maybe the subtitle is what appears under the link?
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At the top level, I can’t even see the subtitle – just the headline, a cropped and highly pixelated thumbnail, and the domain of the linked article. I had to click to get the subtitle, and I wouldn’t have done even that if the headline were more explicit.
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Thanks for pointing that out – I didn’t notice that [+] before (I use the web interface, btw). My original point remains though – I still have to click something to know what we’re talking about.
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All except “effective communication skills”, and I still had to take some action besides scrolling.
from the thumbnail, i really thought this was gonna be a joke about reinventing paragraphs
Not being intended as a joke makes it even funnier. I mean, the lack of awareness is amazing.
I’m not even sure I understand it if it’s not a joke, and I read the entire thing 😳
A maximum line length of 80 characters is RECOMMENDED.
This is a terrible recommendation. It defeats the purpose of semantic line breaks if you insert them for non-semantic reasons as well. It also makes editing much more difficult. Let client software handle soft line wrapping, so the user can customize it as it makes sense for them. If your client software doesn’t handle soft line wrapping in a sensible way, find better software.
The idea is to keep significant bits of thought under 80 characters.
That should be out of scope for a spec which “MUST NOT alter the final rendered output of the document.”
It’s not the place of a markup language/spec to influence writing style.
Reminds me of this blog post I read a while back: https://sive.rs/1s
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