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Originally Posted by ahi
Hmmm... now that is very interesting. The most compelling argument I've read for unpaged scrolling text to date.
If I were a rich man, I'd commission a study on the subject.
- Ahi
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If I were a rich woman, I'd commission a custom ebook reader that has e-ink, scrolling, and variable screen widths.
Oh, and it should crop the top & sides off PDFs so they can scroll continuously, so I get the benefit of PDF typography and the scrolling of HTML.
A study wouldn't do much good; I suspect I'm in a small niche in this matter. Well, not too small, perhaps--I read a lot of fanfic online. Which means I read a lot of novel-length stories on a single webpage, and got used to scrolling, and changing screen width based on both site layout and story content. (Long paragraphs = widen the screen a bit; short paragraphs = narrow it to remove whitespace. Highlight text before resizing screen so I can find my place. Centered paragraphs = click the back button, and find out if the story's archived somewhere else.)