Re: Page length and number of links

I kinda prefer a one paragraph summary and as many different like "things" 
on one page with a "read more" type of link, but I want that link to be 
one page, whole thing, unless it is a book in which case chapters is ok.

Bob



On Fri, 21 Jun 2013, Jamal Mazrui wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:38:39 -0400
> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@smart.net>
> To: Vivienne CONWAY <v.conway@ecu.edu.au>
> Cc: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Page length and number of links
> Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:39:24 +0000
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> Actually, As a screen reader user, I usually prefer a long page with a 
> complete document rather than multiple pages.  This allows me to invoke a 
> screen reader feature that reads continuously without interruption.  It also 
> allows me to do global searches on the whole document.
>
> For example, when reading a newspaper or magazine article, I always search 
> initially for a "print" or "single page" view.  Otherwise, it can be quite 
> tedious to navigate to the next page and isolate the main content again.  I 
> think a lot of blind people share this perspective.
>
> I do understand that sighted people or people with other disabilities have 
> different usability considerations.
>
> Jamal
>
> On 6/21/2013 6:26 AM, Vivienne CONWAY wrote:
>> Thanks for that Morten.
>> 
>> I agree, in that less is usually better.  For some reason people seem to 
>> think they have to put everything on 1 page - often on the home page. 
>> They don't think about how tedious and often difficult it is for the user 
>> to find the information they need.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
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>> Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013 6:17 PM
>> To: Patrick H. Lauke; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>> Subject: SV: Page length and number of links
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>> Hi!
>> 
>> I agree with Patrick, and this is a classic usability topic. General 
>> answers do not excist, at least the target group and type of content is 
>> important. Steve Krug has some quite good usability statements (in the 
>> book Don't make me think):
>> 
>> 1. Don't make me think
>> 2. It doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click 
>> is a mindless unambiguous choice.
>> 3. Get rid of half the words on each page. Then get rid of half of whats 
>> left.
>> 
>> As Patrick write: "... though it may make their experience far more 
>> tedious" is of course correct (and this is probably the reason why you 
>> asked this question). An example is a page with hundreds of links without 
>> any local page jumps: possible to use with a keyboard, but not efficient 
>> for the keyboard youser.
>> 
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>> Emne: Re: Page length and number of links
>> 
>> On 21/06/2013 09:55, Vivienne CONWAY wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a bit of advice about the appropriate maximum length
>>> of a page and number of links on pages.  We recently came across a
>>> page that seems to go on forever and can't see any of the guidelines
>>> that actually deals with this issue.  The page is poorly divided up
>>> and that obviously comes under headings etc.
>>> Also, wondering if anyone has any 'best practice' links on both this
>>> and the number of links that a page should limit itself to.  If you
>>> think either of these violates WCAG 2, I'd really like to hear how and 
>>> why.
>> This sounds to me like more of a general usability issue rather than a 
>> specific accessibility one (as overly long pages will likely affect all 
>> users, not just specifically users with disabilities, though it may make 
>> their experience far more tedious). And no, there doesn't seem to be 
>> anything specific in WCAG 2.0 on this matter.
>> 
>> It's difficult to say what length a page should be..."as long as it needs 
>> to be" is possibly the only advice I could give.
>> 
>> If this was part of an audit, I'd add it as a general remark about 
>> usability.
>> 
>> Sorry, not very helpful I guess...
>> 
>> P
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