Re:John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @12:00PM
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I can remember I'm on section 13 just as easily as I can remember that i'm on page 13.
Re:John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
by masklinn on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:21PM
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Good on ya mate, I'm sure you're really proud of yourself. How does that pertain to Siracusa remembering pages better?
Re:John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
by mrgoldenbrown on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @12:00PM
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How is remembering "I was on page 8" easier than "I was on section 8?"
Re:John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
by alxp on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:30PM
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Your browser history doesn't update itself when you scroll to a new section in a long page.
Re:John Siracusa's OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Review
by masklinn on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:16PM
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I would expect Siracusa to have read books in the past. Possibly more than a handful. Books tend to be indexed by page, teaching readers to remember their position through pages when not using book marks for whatever reason (or when said book mark falls out)
This would lead Siracusa to have an easier time remembering his position through page number due to his personal experience. Note how that's exactly how he worded it, that he preferred page breaks because he can remember it better? At which point "MatthewPhillips" asserted Siracusa was plainly and simply wrong?
His point is perfectly valid, it's about mnemonics.
> The way to do it is to have a table of contents, and fragment identifiers for each section.
Considering his reviews have both table of contents and fragment identifiers, I'm going to go ahead and assert he knows about those.
That does not help remember where you are in the article.