boxesandarrows.com — There is an astonishing amount of disbelief that the users of web pages have learned to scroll and that they do so regularly. Holding on to this disbelief ? this myth that users won?t scroll to see anything below the fold ? is doing everyone a great disservice, most of all our users.
Jul 24, 2007 View in Crawl 4
medheadJul 24, 2007
The description of "the fold" is written in the article.
isntrealJul 24, 2007
I don't mind reading below the fold, however if the author decides to jabber on and over-compose by stretching out ideas and explaining obvious relations I do.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2007
Or its the "read more" link that takes you to the full article? Just a thought.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2007
Wouldn't need a horizontal scroll if you'd man up and get a modern monitor.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2007
That's alotta text.
masterthief117Jul 25, 2007
Even before the change, the further down your comment was on a page, the less chance it would have to be read.Now that comments are split up, no one reads them.The other annoyance is when you dig someone down, you cannot go back and read their comment, which sometimes is very annoying.And while I am still complaining, I think there should be an undo dig/bury feature because sometimes I slip and I mistakenly bury someone who I agree with and dig someone who I disagree.
jhshuklaJul 25, 2007
"The key is the content – if it is compelling, users will follow where it leads."duh! and another good piece of advice"The most basic rule of thumb is that for every site the user should be able to understand what your site is about by the information presented to them above the fold."