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No. It's a terrible webpage design. Am I the only one who still values things like http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html http://www.useit.com/

by devinj 17y ago

No. It's a terrible webpage design. Am I the only one who still values things like http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html ?

armandososa 17y ago
Yes. The "user's don't scroll" meme has been confirmed as a myth.
- daleharvey 17y ago
  "confirmed" by who? every blog post I see titled "the fold is a myths" follows the same path where there author lays out a bunch of opinion of why they think it is "honestly people scroll fine, honest" every empirical study (like the one linked) seems to confirm that there is an obvious bias towards content above the fold. Dont think its particularly important here, I was pretty impressed by his design and not everyone needs to stick to strict usability constraints, but still handy to know what they are.
  - MartinCron 17y ago
    Anecdotal evidence, but evidence nonetheless: We did some testing of how people interact with icanhascheezburger.com and found that most people basically just scroll and then click the "next page" link at the bottom.
- robryan 17y ago
  Especially in this situation I think, when you are somewhat motivated to click the link by title. I'd hope hacker news readers at least have the patience to scroll down if they don't get instant content gratification.
viraptor 17y ago
I'm not sure how well does this apply here. Why does it matter if someone pays attention to what's below the fold? Most of the post will always be below the fold (because it's longer than what a normal screen can handle), so if you either read it or not. The web pages 'useit' people show as examples are of a slightly different type (comments / products). The problem of this blog is that there's no vertical element which clearly shows that it's cut by the fold and you can find more content below. (someone argued that this is the general answer to most "below the fold criticism" but I couldn't find it right now)
KirinDave 17y ago
Yes. In fact, I embrace confusion here: http://kirindave.tumblr.com http://kirindave.tumblr.com (Go on a windows box, see how authentic the busy cursor looks!)

by devinj 17y ago

No. It's a terrible webpage design. Am I the only one who still values things like http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html ?

armandososa 17y ago

Yes. The "user's don't scroll" meme has been confirmed as a myth.

daleharvey 17y ago
"confirmed" by who? every blog post I see titled "the fold is a myths" follows the same path where there author lays out a bunch of opinion of why they think it is "honestly people scroll fine, honest" every empirical study (like the one linked) seems to confirm that there is an obvious bias towards content above the fold. Dont think its particularly important here, I was pretty impressed by his design and not everyone needs to stick to strict usability constraints, but still handy to know what they are.
- MartinCron 17y ago
  Anecdotal evidence, but evidence nonetheless: We did some testing of how people interact with icanhascheezburger.com and found that most people basically just scroll and then click the "next page" link at the bottom.
robryan 17y ago
Especially in this situation I think, when you are somewhat motivated to click the link by title. I'd hope hacker news readers at least have the patience to scroll down if they don't get instant content gratification.

viraptor 17y ago

I'm not sure how well does this apply here. Why does it matter if someone pays attention to what's below the fold? Most of the post will always be below the fold (because it's longer than what a normal screen can handle), so if you either read it or not. The web pages 'useit' people show as examples are of a slightly different type (comments / products). The problem of this blog is that there's no vertical element which clearly shows that it's cut by the fold and you can find more content below. (someone argued that this is the general answer to most "below the fold criticism" but I couldn't find it right now)

KirinDave 17y ago

Yes. In fact, I embrace confusion here: http://kirindave.tumblr.com http://kirindave.tumblr.com (Go on a windows box, see how authentic the busy cursor looks!)