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The pagination is perfect when your browser viewport is tall enough to accommodate it without a scrollbar, and exists largely to service the footnote style. As
by blasdel 17y ago
The pagination is perfect when your browser viewport is tall enough to accommodate it without a scrollbar, and exists largely to service the footnote style.
As for your edit, on p88 he discloses in a footnote that "it was his harrowing, doldrums-inducing spat as a freelancer [with (Demand Studios, Suite101.com, Examiner.com)] that inspired this essay." -- he's criticizing the writing style he was paid to use!
- philwelch 17y agoPagination is never perfect--it's a crime against web usability. And since this site doesn't even have ads, there's not even a motive. It's like how the Joker in The Dark Knight robs a bank, kills all his conspirators, takes all the money to a warehouse, and just sets it on fire. Footnotes, incidentally, are easily usable when presented as bilateral anchor links to the bottom of the page. Then you have endnotes you can use on a printout, as well as on-demand footnotes you can use when reading online.
- _delirium 17y agoI agree this layout doesn't really work, but I really dislike the endnote style, and strongly disagree they're just as good as footnotes, even with hyperlinks (which require me to click my mouse, and require me to reorient myself on the page before/after the jumps).
- philwelch 17y agoYeah, for web usability alone you're best off with AJAXy auto-expanding "footnotes" that show up inline or collapse into the tag as you click it. Or with "sidenotes".