mediajunk

Ever wondered what a weblog would look like if it was freed from its browser & scrolling constraints? No, me neither. But thanks to sippey.com's weblog snapshots, I have nevertheless found out. Looking at these emancipated blogs, it struck me that their shapes resemble ancient papyrus scrolls. Nothing in today's print world is formatted in this way. Blogs, more than any other type of website, have taken advantage of the fact that users don't mind vertical scrolling ... to a point, at least. Finding that point can be tough. I recently reeled in the length of this mediajunk homepage as I felt it was just too damn long. Looking at Sippey's array of weblogs laid flat, I now realise I wasn't the only culprit. I guess that about halfway between the longest and shortest of Sippey's examples is optimal. But that's not a usabilty study; just my guess.