A useful study exploring (and introducing) the notion of 'content dispersion' on #websites, arising from an over emphasis on #mobile-first design. I observe this phenomenon all the time -- and it bugs the heck out of me!
Of course, the fact that the Googlebot and Bingbot have operated mobile-first indexing for the past couple of years has not helped matters...
@g3om4c The thing is that mobile-first design is also accessible design. Both screen reader and keyboard users navigate through a page in a linear fashion. Mobile layouts help designers and developers think in those linear terms about what order things should be in when you can't just view a bunch of columns side by side at the same time.
@g3om4c Basically this article is just complaining that designers are making text and images too big on desktop and calling it "content dispersion" for some reason.
I'm disappointed, since NN is usually at the forefront of accessible design, and this is a very regressive perspective.
@mikemccaffrey Well, it's not so much the authors that are complaining -- it's the users themselves, via the study. And as a user myself I would imagine I would report the same issues, because I encounter them all the time and can affirm they are a challenge. But I certainly take your more general point that mobile-first is for the better, overall.
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