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Roberto Quezada wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I can only answer for what my readers said to me in an informal poll I
> took (about a hundred responses).  About 70 would not read over 500
> words.  They actually preferred 350.  Most of my readers were under 30
> and made movies for a living.  Perhaps writers (screenwriters in my neck
> of the internet) will read longer articles, mainly because they're
> online longer and more often (procrastinating, if you ask me ).

It does not surprise me that screenwriters would want things to happen
quickly.  That's the nature of their business.  I, too, want things to
happen quickly.  Is it because I am typical of a Web user or because I
have the attention span of a gnat?  Or both?  I often browse with images
off because I work with a 28.8 modem at home.  At school, I have a T-1,
so it's better.  What I am trying to determine is whether any has done
scientific work on the subject of scrolling.  I did learn that one major
online content provider found that only 10 per cent of its users
scrolled from the first screen.  So the provider resigned its pages to
include NO scrolls.  I am looking for this kind of evidence if it
exists.  Cheers.

Christopher Harper				
Associate Professor
New York University
Department of Journalism
212-998-3846	
	
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
there."
  - Will Rogers

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