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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
This is a great observation. I hadn't made the connection, but this is one reason why continuous-scroll digital reading is uncomfortable. notes.andymatuschak.org/z6cxCDMXRWBrit
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Omar Rizwan
@rsnous
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i fear and resent scrolling (e.g. scrolling way up to see chat history) b/c i know application developers don't take it seriously as app state like I'll click on another chat, then back to the chat where I'd scrolled way up, and the app'll have thrown away my scroll position
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Stefan Lesser
@stefanlesser
Feel similarly about page boundaries, which are arbitrary. Not quite as far from the model as scrolling position, but far still. Something closer would be section or chapter titles, which are — if the author chose well — part of the ”model” and help anchoring to doc’s structure.
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Stefan Lesser
@stefanlesser
That’s why I appreciate excellent navigation as you designed for quantum.country. Also related to addressing: references with page numbers feel somewhat broken, as they bake in the layout into the addressing mechanism. Works as long as you stick to (simulated) paper.
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Stefan Lesser
@stefanlesser
Smaller units (atoms?) of text with address based on document structure would solve this, similar to how legal documents work. I believe this also ties into what makes your notes system work — you operate on that smaller unit level and everything is easily addressable.
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