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Capsule, The Developer’s Code Journal

I’m very pleased today to announce the release of Capsule, the developer’s code journal. Capsule replaces the scratch document you have…

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Above the Fold

October 21, 2010

For everyone who believes their entire website has to be “above the fold”, here’s the thing: people know how to scroll a web page. Don’t believe me? Believe Apple.

Above the fold

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  1. David Carrington
    View October 21, 2010

    “Above the fold” does not always mean that *everything* needs to be above the fold, it simply highlights that there is a region which users/customers see on the site without having to scroll.

    Things that probably shouldn’t be below the fold include: site navigation, checkout buttons, basket information, the site or page title, etc.

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  3. Shaun Guido
    View October 21, 2010

    “Above the Fold” builds trust and holds the user from jumping..

    It’s not valid in this example, because Apple already has that trust. And secondly this is a very specific information page that’s exactly what the user is looking for.

    And irony has it, I just scrolled that whole page this morning.. :)

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  5. Jon Mayo
    View November 1, 2010

    I didn’t realize there was more to that webpage until you pointed it out, the first page fits perfectly on my screen.

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