[RoddaWallPro]

Yeah, that's probably true. He also at least allows people to set their own reading width by adjusting browser.

My frustration stems from the fact that I find the argument "there are no papers with sufficient evidence" to be pedantic bullshit. Like yeah, sure, you aren't even wrong, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I've never seen anyone claim to like 180 char lines, whereas I've seen hordes of people who say it is very difficult for them to read that line length, and prefer something book-sized (lengthed?).

[whats_a_quasar]

Hmm, yeah I actually agree with that way of putting it. The evidence that does exist are the anecdotes, and he seems to ignore that evidence. Many of his readers, myself included, seem to prefer fixed line lengths. So it is a weird choice.

I was mostly reacting to the assumed malice in the parent comment. Based on his blogging style, I think it's more likely that Dan's just a pedantic guy implementing his personal preferences on his personal blog :)

[AlbertCory]

"Not even wrong" FTW. There's even a blog with that title:

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/

[lmm]

I prefer longer lines, and hate sites that force a narrow line length.