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> "Here's something coming up that I think is interesting. If you are interested, you should keep reading." But nearly no one ever uses it to refer to what is
by RubyPinch 10y ago
> "Here's something coming up that I think is interesting. If you are interested, you should keep reading."
But nearly no one ever uses it to refer to what is coming up, its almost always what has just happened 1 sentence ago.
> A lot of people have trouble with long runs of samey text.
nothing is more samey than repeating the same sentence!
pull quotes like how this article has,punishes the user for reading the article word for word. There are other methods that have the pull quotes outside of the flow!
And if it is a really important sentence, then throw some slight yellow background on the text or something, like a highlighter!
- IanCal 10y agoWell, on that side, the pull quotes don't arrive earlier than a 'proper' reader should meet them, and provide a quick summary for the scrollers amongst us.
- chc 10y ago> But nearly no one ever uses it to refer to what is coming up, its almost always what has just happened 1 sentence ago That's true if you read them inline, but pull quotes are generally presented in a large font so that you can see them without having actually read the accompanying text yet. > pull quotes like how this article has, punishes the user for reading the article word for word, There are other methods that have the pull quotes outside of the flow, which I personally would prefer! I agree with that. The pull-quotes on this site are poorly designed and really hurt the flow of the article.