Max line length has always been a hot potato. I want to ask the community, especially those who do research in accessibility and those who are visually impaired, what are your experience/understanding of the effect of line length?
Specifically, there is a great debate over 80 characters, 88 characters, or even 120 characters.
Does max line length matter when visually impaired developers have access to a larger screen?
I'm blind and line length matters to the extend that long lines are harder to edit in the middle.
Line length matters if you are a heavy zoom user.
This is pretty easy to see for your self, in a browser, on this page by using zoom under "view". Reasonable sized lines and or soft wraps help greatly!