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Have you tried to disable pagination in reading apps like iBooks or Instapaper? Long articles and books are more comfortable to read if they are paginated: one
by felipeerias 11y ago
Have you tried to disable pagination in reading apps like iBooks or Instapaper?
Long articles and books are more comfortable to read if they are paginated: one small tap, one pageful of new stuff. Far more convenient and less prone to losing your place than scrolling.
- karl42 11y agoUsing pages to display text is fine. I regularly use space to scroll a page down when reading a long text in the browser because it is more pleasant than constantly scrolling. But fixed pages should not be part of the document markup in most cases. Reading a PDF on my phone is not a pleasure just because I can't just flow the text to fit my device.
- felipeerias 11y agoI do most of my long-form reading on devices that don't have a space key. I am not talking about fixed pages or clickbait websites where you have to scroll anyway and then click a "Next" button, but about having a flexible way to enable pagination of content. That pagination is one of the reasons why for me the best way to read something like the stories in http://longreads.com/ http://longreads.com/ is on Instapaper (or a similar tool).
- Confusion 11y agoYou youngsters with your newfangled 'book' things. You'll have to pry my papyrus scrolls from my cold dead hands! Pagination, bah...
- plorkyeran 11y agoYes. I gave pagination in Instapaper a try, and turned it off after about an hour. I tried to turn it off in iBooks, but there doesn't seem to be any such option in the iOS version.
- click170 11y agoNot only do I disagree, I would argue its subjective. I much prefer one long article instead of paginated articles and will regularly refuse to continue past the first page on principal. You may like pagination but I do not, and I would argue its better suited as an option, not dictated by the author.