Can't second that. 
For example, in MS Word 2013, there are Screen Read Mode, Print Mode and Web Layout. 
Print Mode (like Print Layout in LO) shows number of pages and number of words. Screen Read Mode shows number of screens. Web Layout shows number of words. 
I suggest this be marked as WONT FIX.

As I don't run MSO anymore I can't compare and comment on MSO Word.

My point is that in Writer selecting "WebLayout" view is the only way to get rid of larger white, textless areas in a writer document 's screen, but have the entire screen to see the text. (Print Layout is important but not when one just needs to write or correct text.)

Therefore it would be good if in the "WebLayout" view the position of the cursor would be shown using the number of pages as if it would be "PrintLayout". Otherwise the writer of the text has no direct information on how the text is. The information "Page 1/1" pages for a document being more than 1 page long is useless.

Requesting expert input on this one - I tend to agree that we shouldn't "fix" this but want a developer to chime in before marking as WONTFIX or even INVALID. By definition if you're in "web view" then there are no pages, it's equivalent to just scrolling on a webpage

Remove comma from whiteboard.

Setting to WONTFIX. If a dev disagrees, please re-open.

Webview is similar to what you would see when you port your file to an html page. And on such a page there are no pages as in a word or writer document (standard view).

Thus, this feature request will probably never get fixed.

I understand your use case bugquestcontri. I love working with the webview as well since I see little benefit of the wasted space in page view. And if you are working on a scientific paper and do not have page number info at all it can be somewhat annoying. But page numbers in webview is just a contradiction.

Remembering back to the old MS Word 2003 days, they had a view called 'Normal' which was the default view and showed the document in a web layout like view of how it would be printed.

The Normal View of Word 2003 ( this was the last one I used and don't know newer Word versions) is missing in LibO.

It would 
1 - Cut out the the white space at the top and bottom of page, which makes reading and writing easier
2 - Show the line break as it will be printed out
3 - Show the page break with a thin dashes line
4 - Show, at the bottom of the Word window the page number and the number of all pages in the Word file.

This would be great function to increase the efficiency of Writer work.

Asking only for the display of the page number and number of pages was just a minimum request. 

Copy - and if you have an idea improve the Normal View from the old Word would just be great!

(In reply to bugquestcontri from comment #7)
> The Normal View of Word 2003 ( this was the last one I used and don't know
> newer Word versions) is missing in LibO.

Sounds like a reasonable improvement idea.

Summary -> (change to reflect 'Normal View')
Status -> NEW

(In reply to bugquestcontri from comment #7)
> It would 
> 1 - Cut out the the white space at the top and bottom of page, which makes
> reading and writing easier
> 2 - Show the line break as it will be printed out
> 3 - Show the page break with a thin dashes line
> 4 - Show, at the bottom of the Word window the page number and the number of
> all pages in the Word file.

It would also show footnotes before the page break, similar to how it would be shown when printed.

Here is an example of 'Normal View' with footnotes showing (though the user did disable the top ruler which is on by default and the left toolbar is disabled in this view).

https://community.logos.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/76/58001.capture.png

@Jay Philips - Thanks for adding the footnote comment. Very important indeed!!!

This "Normal View" (MSO) or "Basic View(?)" (LibO)would be come another very good feature of Writer.

Was trying out Abiword and noticed that they also have 'Normal' view.

http://cn.cbsimg.net/cnwk.1d/i/tr/contentPics/techrepublic_abiword_normal_layout.jpg

(In reply to Jay Philips from comment #9)
> Here is an example of 'Normal View' with footnotes showing (though the user
> did disable the top ruler which is on by default and the left toolbar is
> disabled in this view).

Made a mistake here, it was supposed to be 'left ruler' and not 'left toolbar'. :D

(In reply to bugquestcontri from comment #10)
> @Jay Philips - Thanks for adding the footnote comment. Very important
> indeed!!!

Your welcome. I used to live in this view when i worked with my father who was an author. :D