Consider this title: "Java is introducing jpackage: a command-line tool for creating executables from jar files" (89 characters). I can replace "creating executables from" with "packaging", and that makes it 73 characters. I can further replace "Java is" with "Java's", but I am not very fond of contractions in the title.
You have an insight article with the title "A Journey to The Manifold SU(2): Differentiation, Spheres and Fiber Bundles". In my opinion, this is not a novel, although it is 75 characters long.
I've noticed that after I create a new thread with its title, etc., that I can go back later and edit the title and make it longer. Have you tried that? Maybe give that a try to see what the maximum is for an edited title. It may be a Mentor superpower, or it may be available to everybody...
Nope, because I didn't know the title can be made longer if I edit it later. Just tried it in this thread, and the limit was 150 characters. Thanks a ton! Problem solved.
".exe files from .jar files by jpackage" Where is the problem?
That is title (insight) and subtitle (part 1). Transcripted to a thread it would have been title and summary.
And I think 50 would be sufficient. Also a nice round number. Babylonians might have considered 60 a nice round number. Or 32 measured in bytes. Or 36, a word. This is meanwhile hardly an argument. The rule for titles is: the shorter the good.
Problem worsened.
But please keep in mind that lots of long thread titles will clutter up the forum, so still try to keep the title fairly brief but very descriptive. Just as 1-2 word titles are not descriptive and may prevent folks from clicking into the thread, a long verbose title may have the same effect.
