A usability study I read a while ago suggested pagination too be a bad thing. Sometimes you have no choice though.
I would leave as is. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Al Sparber Sent: 17 October 2010 02:49 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Long documents > On 10/16/10 6:19 PM, grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there any standard (official or otherwise) that limits the length >> of single web pages? >> >> I edit an online journal which contains articles of up to 7000 words. >> Currently each article resides on a single web page which the viewer >> must scroll to read. Some of the articles are 10-20 'screens' in length. >> >> If anyone could clarify whether there is a standard and, if so, how >> such documents should be presented, I would be grateful. If you want >> to look at the journal I'm talking about see www.baileyandireland.com. I wouldn't change a thing. You could split the articles into x-number of pages with page links at the bottom, but text loads very quickly and unless you limit a page to a single paragraph or two, people are invariably going to need to scroll so you may as well have the entire article on the page. Makes printing easy, too. -- Al Sparber - PVII http://www.projectseven.com Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets http://www.projectseven.com/go/hgm The Ultimate Web 2.0 Carousel ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not Tesco. Tesco Stores Limited Company Number: 519500 Registered in England Registered Office: Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL VAT Registration Number: GB 220 4302 31 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
