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"I don't like scrolling"

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Very long pages (for example, containing an entire chapter) are difficult to scan, and scrolling up and down to refer to different sections of text can be frustrating. Rather, dividing chapters into several pages can increase users' intake of information. However, very short pages with little content which require the reader always to be continually "turning" pages can also be annoying and readers easily become lost. Therefore, consider the paper page as a model for the length of pages in an electronic book. In terms of logical structure, chapters should be divided according to natural breaks in the text (for example, one sub-section per page), and hypertext should be used to provide links between the pages.


8.1 Create pages of a similar length to paper pages
8.2 Include links between pages

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Figure 8. Short pages: Hypertext in Context by Cliff McKnight, Andrew Dillon and John Richardson, redesigned by Joan Dunn

This redesigned chapter of Hypertext in Context is divided into 8 separate sections according to headings used in the original text. The result is a series of short pages with hyperlinks between them. This is easier to scan for information than a chapter occupying just one long page.

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