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So what? Is scrolling really that big of a deal?

The increased font size and more pronounced page hierarchy make it easier for me to grok the page structure at a glance and navigate to the section I need (since I'm probably not reading the entire page front to bottom if I'm at an MDN link).

Why does all information need to be above the fold? It's not like I can interpret everything on the page in the 1000ms necessary it would take me to scroll.

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> So what? Is scrolling really that big of a deal?

Yes.

How?

Cognitive load of paging.

This is not a new and unexplored concept.

I call B.S. --

Below the fold arguments only make sense when you can't grasp the purpose of the page without scrolling.

You're not supposed to cram every piece of information you can above the fold. The information that is getting cut off in this case is hardly pertinent to the understanding or navigation of the site.

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