Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Remember what I said about "sight bites" meaning screenfuls of text that don't scroll--here is what some interesting research shows about poor readers. Something to consider: will anyone in our audience be a "low-literacy" user? Let's talk about this in class. Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "It's even better to avoid scrolling all together (which also helps teenagers) unless eliminating it requires you to chop content into unnaturally short sections, which can be even more confusing."