What's your preference: One long page or several small pages?

[John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

Quick survey!

I have several long-ish pages (5 or 6 screenloads) each of which contains
rather complex instructions to run a procedure.

Is that better than spreading the same information across 5 or 6 short
pages -- assuming there's an intro/overview and links from each short page
to the previous and next pages?

My arguments for long pages:

   - One long page is easy to bookmark
   - PDFing is easy and fast an includes everything
   - Easy to look back and ahead

My arguments for short pages:

   - Less intimidating
   - Easier to scan and read

Your thoughts? And bonus points if you can cite user preferences and
reasons!

Thanks in advance,

John Garison | Lead Technical Communicator | Medidata Solutions
350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor. | New York, NY 10014 || 441 Blood Road,
Chester, VT 05143
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