HTML: scrolling versus jumping

[John Cornellier <john -dot- cornellier -at- PARIS -dot- CARDS -dot- DELARUE -dot- COM>]

The point of dividing up a lot of info into page-sized chunks is to give you
more control over what you download, and give clues as to the logical layout of
a site.

If you are going to read an entire text, e.g. a news story, then you don't mind
scrolling. However, if you are only looking for a small amount of info which is
included among a load of other info, you want that info to be on a small,
single-screen page. This saves downloading, and scrolling around trying to find
what you're looking for.

There's nothing wrong with scrolling per se, but it's annoying to have to scroll
through a lot of stuff you don't need and wished you didn't have to download.

On the other hand, as Arlen said, if you intend to read the article right to the
end, it's easier to scroll down than to mouse click.

Downloading aside, two or three screens of scrolling is perfectly acceptable,
and common, in Winhelp isn't it?

John Cornellier

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