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The lack of detail in what their users were actually doing on the sites they tested makes it hard to tell what they're trying to dispel. If you're giving users
by btn 17y ago
The lack of detail in what their users were actually doing on the sites they tested makes it hard to tell what they're trying to dispel.
If you're giving users a specific task to perform on a specific website in a controlled environment, then of course scrolling isn't going to deter them. The argument against scrolling is that if you're trying to attract users to your site---to pick your site over other potential sites---then scrolling will be a factor when people want to make a quick decision if your site is useful or not.
- ams6110 17y agoThey also didn't mention horizontal scrolling, which I personally cannot stand. Vertical scrolling is not nearly as objectionable, though in forms it's more of a bother than on pages where you are just reading.
- ubernostrum 17y agoWell, this is really the problem. The fold really only becomes a huge factor when you're trying to win someone's attention in that snap "does this site have what I need" judgment; once the user's mind is made up that, yes, this is the right place, it becomes largely irrelevant. But somewhere along the line, a useful guideline for getting people to stick around and explore a page or a site morphed into a hard rule of "never have anything at all below the fold, ever". Which is frankly stupid.