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Jason Willebeek-LeMair wrote:
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> There has been a lot of advice about dividing long passages of
> information into separate web pages because users do not want to have to
> scroll.
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> This is generally good advice if each page contains discrete units of
> information that the user may want to access without reference to the
> surrounding information, but be careful. Some users may not feel like
> sitting at their desk to read your words of wisdom. They may want to
> print it out for later reference, to read at lunch, on the bus on the
> way home (or while stopped in rush hour 8-) ), or to help put them to
> sleep at night. Printing out a chunked piece can be a real pain in the
> butt.
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> So, sometimes you want a long, scrolling page (with an adequate, linked
> outline at the top). This would allow the user the convenience of using
> the outline to jump directly to the desired information while
> maintaining the option of printing the entire piece easily for future
> reference.
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> It is entirely up to the material being presented, the audience being
> presented to, and most importantly, how the audience is going to use it.
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