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Nobody complains about the format.Nobody complains about the format.Posted Nov 17, 2007 1:28 UTC (Sat) by brianomahoney (subscriber, #6206)In reply to: Nobody complains about the format. by dmarti Parent article: The code monkey's guide to cryptographic hashes for content-based addressing (LinuxWorld)
Multi page sucks --- always, and the more it is done the dumber it looks -- Brain
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Nobody complains about the format. Posted Nov 17, 2007 11:30 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] You'd prefer LWN's One Big Page format?
One Big Page ? Yes! Posted Nov 17, 2007 13:03 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] You nailed it. I like one page version. If internet is fast - it does not matter, if it's slow (I sometimes read LWN over GPRS) it's even more important: I can read few top articles while the rest is loading and then I can just scroll - easy and fast. Of course if you have superslow internet (150bps or 300bps) then it's a pain - but if you'll consider the fact that one page of LinuxWorld's article (with few paragraphs of text) is heavier then the whole LWN's weekly "one big page"... it's not even a contest.. Of course it's mostly pictures and flash ads, but even just .html files combined for this one article are more then text of LWN's big page! Of course there are limits - if you'll combine all "one big page"'s on LWN in one superbig page - it'll be too much. But to split an article ? I'd prefer even "What every programmer should know about memory." as one page - and I'm not alone there...
One Big Page ? Yes! Posted Nov 19, 2007 13:16 UTC (Mon) by tekNico (guest, #22) [Link] A little known secret: append thisbigpage?format=printableto an LWN article URL. You get One Big Page, and get rid of the left column at the same time. Wide, long bliss. ;-)
One Big Page ? Yes! Posted Nov 19, 2007 21:01 UTC (Mon) by oak (guest, #2786) [Link] Oooh, what bliss... That really makes a difference when reading these pages on N800 (800x480@226DPI resolution), thanks!!!
Nobody complains about the format. Posted Nov 21, 2007 16:30 UTC (Wed) by stevem (subscriber, #1512) [Link] Absolutely, every time. The single page can load in the background while I do other stuff, then when I want to read it later it's all there. I *don't* want to have to wait for individual page loads later. I also middle-click on huge numbers of the articles/comments links as I go through the weekly edition and read more details on each at the end. Again, that means the computer can do the job of waiting rather than me.
Nobody complains about the format. Posted Nov 23, 2007 23:12 UTC (Fri) by noise (guest, #2923) [Link] Even better is to open all those background tabs before you hop on a long flight - plenty of offline reading material!
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