Miles Thompson wrote:
At 03:51 PM 5/3/2006, Phillip S. Baker wrote:
Greetings Gents,
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However - why do you think paging an article improves readability? What
it does do is control the amount of text you display on a page so you
can profitably surround it with advertising. It has no effect on
readabilty -- that depends on the quality of the writing, clarity and
size of font, and line length.
So, give them good dynamic design, a legible font, the ability to resize
the type and ensure that the pieces are well-edited and written for easy
reading in a browser.
Guess I'm an iconoclast, but when I see an artificially paged article I
look for the "Print View" link so I can read it all at once. Heresy!
Maybe that's another reason for paging -- you get more hits on the site.
Guess this has been more like a semi-rant, and probably not helpful. <g>
on the contrary you gave arguments based on real world experience. and when I
think about it, sites like 'A list Apart' spring to mind and I can't help thinking
that you have a really good point.
nice one :-)
Cheers - Miles
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