Why users scan


2. users need to feel active

The Web is a user-driven medium where users feel that they have to move on and click on things. One of our users said: "If I have to sit here and read the whole article, then I'm not productive." People want to feel that they are active when they are on the Web. 

Source: Alertbox, http://www.useit.com/alertbox/whyscanning.html