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Subject:Interface design/field lengths From:Chris Hulin <chrish -at- SPIDERNET -dot- COM -dot- CY> Date:Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:13:54 +0300
I've read several postings recently about TWers getting involved in
interface design. Me too. One of the problems I have is how to fit all the
fields into a window of reasonable size, which leads to my question: how
much space to allow for a character field that accepts, say, 25
alphanumerics in the normal proportional Windows system font. Does anyone
know a rule of thumb?
Thanks, Chris
PS. could someone send me that hilarious "meat" posting - I zapped it by
mistake.
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