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For me when reading digitally the length doesn't matter, the 'intent' I have when selecting a piece does, if I want 'instant gratification' then it *might* be a short story unless just jumping back into a longer piece will do the same as I'm 'involved' in the story.
I generally prefer longer stories which colours my opinion to some extent, I usually only read short stories in a quest to get more out of an author, to get a view of an unknown/new-to-me author, or as part of a collection of similarly themed short stories in the hard cover days. When I say longer I mean of the 300-500page length longer books seem to stir the critic in me who asks why this was included or how that is needed. While shorter ones leave me more often than not feeling cheated, especially if there are additional 'thin' volumes seemingly done to spread out the tale, or simply let me down that more wasn't developed. As an example I prefer a 'fleshed out' book vs a short one that hooks you to get you buying the other short books to continue the story, I'd rather read a fleshed out longer book than two short books engineered as I describe.
Chapter length is hard to measure as I really only noticed too long or too short with paper books. I prefer the lengths be roughly the same, dislike tiny and giant chapters but it isn't a huge deal if they work.
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