Re: RFC: Sorting preferences for MSN 2.1 size tables

Michael Sweet via ipp <[email protected]> Sun, 4 Jun 2023 21:51:13 -0400
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Ira,

So the updated draft I posted has them all sorted by dimensions - the biggest changes are in the ISO  size table which demonstrates how the A/B/C-series sizes relate, along with some of the random sizes like DL and id-card-1.  Most of the other tables were already sorted by size...

To get an idea of how sorting by name would work, look at the IANA registrations for the media size names.

(FWIW, it is super easy to re-sort the tables by name if that is preferred)


> On Jun 4, 2023, at 3:16 PM, Ira McDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Media size dimensions seems at first glance to be more intuitive?, but I think I prefer PWG media size name
> as the way users are more likely to search.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Ira
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> On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 2:51 PM Michael Sweet via ipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> All,
> 
> This question came up during our review of the MSN 2.1 at the face-to-face meeting.  Basically, the current media size tables have inconsistent ordering.  The original specification (MSN 1.0) sorted the sizes by width and then length.  The 2.0 version added tables that are sorted by the media size name.
> 
> What ordering do people prefer for media sizes?  Sort by the PWG media size name ("na_letter_8.5x11in" comes after "na_legal_8.5x14in") or by dimensions ("na_letter_8.5x11in" comes *before* "na_legal_8.5x14in")?
> 
> Please let me know your preference by June 15, 2023 so I can put out a new draft of the MSN specification.
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