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