A few folks (part of an informal Sunday GP watching group) have made the following comments:
Multiple reference citations [1][2][3] are hard to read for older people with diminishing eyesight when reading webpages at 100% screen display. This age-group regards it as a bonus to be able to still read web pages at browser default resolution over those having to boost any webpage to 125% if not 150% screen display which throws text or any embedded table off the screen to make scrolling left to right a necessity. In response, I started to provide a single space between such reference clusters: [4] [5] [6] which was reported to improve "readability" and solve the "blurring-together" problem that a significant number of readers appear to experience. In view of the fact that a huge data source like Wikipedia can not provide alternate display resolutions to accommodate everyone, I found this method to be a benign and easy way to improve general text layout for the above mentioned reason. This includes table layouts.
| Col. 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Col. 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | So Slow, it took 4 ever | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | So Slow, it took 4 ever | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | So Slow, it took 4 ever | Real |
| This | is easier to read | because | there are spaces | from one cell | to the next | by default | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | So Slow, it took 4 ever | Real |
This is easier to read:
| Col. 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Col. 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | Real fast | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | Fast too | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | 3 laps down | Real |
| This | table is easy to read | because | the cells are not crammed | side to side | with | text | Real |
| When? | Real long race names that go on forever | 3 Wheel Racing | Unpronounceable Driver Name | Unmentionable Car Spec | Team Romulus | It took 4 ever | Real |
References
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