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by nudist 5987 days ago
Interesting, anecdote, but user tests show that you are in the minority. About 80% of people immediately scroll down when they reach a new page with sparse content at the top of the page.
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I do not believe that. Especially for the quick/stress/next-page/new-link people, what they first see must keep them around.
What happens to the other 20%?
We are still working out the best patterns for web browsing. The web is still surprisingly young. That 20% will learn eventually. Make it easy on the eyes, space it out, consider your use of typography, and avoid TL;DR. These concepts seem like they will persist.

To use those design tenants we just need more space. If that means moving the meat of the page below the fold and keeping a nice hook up at the top then I believe that's the way future web design patterns will go.

tenets :) (sorry, I just finished reading the OP’s other article, http://iampaddy.com/spell/ and couldn’t help myself)
User tests for this page? Or basecamp's page? This page looks complete without having to scroll down.
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