Comments on: OTB Reader Survey

By: slickdpdx

slickdpdx — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:02:13 +0000

I agree with Todd Pearson.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:54:38 +0000

I like the jump page. If I am browsing I can get the gist of the post. If I am digging, well one click and it is all there.

Tom

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:49:02 +0000

Mark: Mine does that.

By: Mark J

Mark J — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:39:01 +0000

On my site, I use JavaScript to show the rest of the entry without having to leave the front page (e.g. "show the rest here..."). I find this to be a good compromise.

By: Todd Pearson

Todd Pearson — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:50:10 +0000

Continued is better. There is a good reason why newspapers don't put entire articles on the front page.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:14:48 +0000

When I click in, I scroll down until I find the thread I'm looking for (usually one I've read and commented on) and then I use the entry-to-entry navigation at the top to read the subsequent posts. Clicking "continue" won't bother me. I might like entry titles in the links up yonder, but if I haven't complained about it before, it must not bother me much anyway.

By: Sgt Fluffy

Sgt Fluffy — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:07:39 +0000

Keep the long posts

By: Just Me

Just Me — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:00:35 +0000

I don't mind either way, although I like for there to be enough of the piece for me to get an idea what it is about and what is going on, also I don't like it on every single post either. Some posts are just so long that giving a good idea of what it is about in conjunction with the continued is sometimes a good option.

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:38:18 +0000

I follow OTB via RSS, so it's immaterial to me personally. But when I experimented with "Continued . . . " a little over a year ago, my readers on balance disapproved of the change.

By: Am I A Pundit Now?

Am I A Pundit Now? — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:34:11 +0000

That is, "continue reading" I meant. Hmm, gotta find a way to add that feature . . .

By: Am I A Pundit Now?

Am I A Pundit Now? — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:32:40 +0000

I find the expand comments thing to be a great thing. If you have enough of the article at the top, I can do a quick read and see if I even want to invest the time in a full read. Social Security? My eyes glaze over, move on. Lebanese protest babes? Interested. You get the idea.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:29:17 +0000

I have never been a big fan of the "continued" bit and don't find scrolling a probelm at all. The only time I find the "continued" button to be useful is when there some kind of "surprise" that is hidden for effect. I find hiding content just for length to be annoying more than anything.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:26:26 +0000

Clicking "continued" is aggravating. And I rarely scroll by articles anyway. Keep the long stuff going!