Subject: Re: Stats From: loundy@earthlink.net (Mark Loundy) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 18:38:05 -0800

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At 16:16 9/6/96, Joe Shea wrote:
>There is yet another important
>consideration, which is that our Correspondents recieve very little in the
>form of compensation for their high quality work; scrolling means that
>each of them has a stronger chance of being read, wherever they may be in
>the paper.

With a linear presentation, the stories at the top will be the most read.
With an intelligently designed interface, you can let the content drive
story readership rather than user endurance.

Mark Loundy
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