> On the subject of liking and hating things, one thing I hate about html > (and several others, including man (but *not* info)) is how page-down > works when you hit the last page. In man, most of the time that I hit > page-down, I resume reading at the very top line (very consistent) until > the last page comes up. The bottom of the text does a hard stop at the > bottom of the screen giving me whiplash of the brain. At this point, I > have to tell the reading center of my brain "Ahem! Experiencing > technical difficulties. Please stand by while I scan the page for the > last words I was reading. Once I find them, I will back up to the > beginning of the thought that was so brutally interrupted and restart > reading from that point. Please stand by. I'm sure I will find that > stupid text I was just reading any moment now. Please stand by. ... > ... ... Erm, what was I just reading? Crap!!~! Please stand by > while I go back to the top of the man page, hit page down until I find > myself back to where I was before I hit that infernally stoopid > page-down button. Please stand by. Almost there. Almost there. Hey, > this damn page is a lot longer than I thought it was. Shit, I'm nowhere > near the end yet. Please stand by. Please stand by. Aah, I think > we're here. Damn. False alarm. Please stand by. Please stand... > SHIT!!! I hit the damned end again. Here we go again." (Yes, I'm > exagerating the process, but not the emotions.) Why the hell can't all > pagers (including html) remain consistent between ALL pages, including > the last one!?! I think all html pages should have as their last line > "No more after this." and followed by about a hundred newlines. Same > goes for all man pages (either that or change the default-installation > page-down-default to mimick ESC-spacebar.)
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