Windows can be forgiven. A door is used many times a day, carries heavy glass, sits at floor level where water collects, and is the opening visitors notice first. Choosing between a sliding, lift and slide, folding, casement or patio door should start from three facts: how wide the opening is, how heavy the glass will be, and how exposed the wall is to rain.
AluK Home publishes limits for each system, and we use those figures. The point of this page is to help you shortlist before you visit the showroom, so the conversation there is about your opening and not a catalogue.