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> His point about long scrolling web pages isn't actually valid.

His point is perfectly valid, it's about mnemonics.

> The way to do it is to have a table of contents, and fragment identifiers for each section.

Considering his reviews have both table of contents and fragment identifiers, I'm going to go ahead and assert he knows about those.

That does not help remember where you are in the article.

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I can remember I'm on section 13 just as easily as I can remember that i'm on page 13.

Good on ya mate, I'm sure you're really proud of yourself. How does that pertain to Siracusa remembering pages better?

How is remembering "I was on page 8" easier than "I was on section 8?"

Your browser history doesn't update itself when you scroll to a new section in a long page.

I would expect Siracusa to have read books in the past. Possibly more than a handful. Books tend to be indexed by page, teaching readers to remember their position through pages when not using book marks for whatever reason (or when said book mark falls out)

This would lead Siracusa to have an easier time remembering his position through page number due to his personal experience. Note how that's exactly how he worded it, that he preferred page breaks because he can remember it better? At which point "MatthewPhillips" asserted Siracusa was plainly and simply wrong?

What does help you remember where you are is putting a "link to this section" anchor or something similar next to each logical section. Many sites implement this with a mouseover.

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