How to do page navigation for many, many pages? Logarithmic page navigation

Question

What\'s the best way of displaying page navigation for many, many pages?

(Initially this was posted as a how-to tip with my answer included in the question. I\'ve

Answer 1

I think of two alternatives of logarithmic pagination:

1. If relevant, you could split your data in sections, chapters and books. This is the old way, when paper was king, and libraries made the job of internet. Some PDF documents still have that.

2. You can offer a search box, ala Wikipedia, if someone wants to jump to the part of big-data where supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is mentioned.