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The primary issue with infinite scroll is not the implementation, it's the idea that a page with "infinite" content is useful or desirable to begin with.
by esotericn 8y ago
The primary issue with infinite scroll is not the implementation, it's the idea that a page with "infinite" content is useful or desirable to begin with.
- ThomPete 8y agoCompared to pages it's been a groundbreaking improvement to me at least.
- esotericn 8y agoI am specifically calling out "infinite" scroll here, i.e. the practice of artificially limiting the amount sent to a very small amount then populating it on the fly. The comparison is with just sending all of the content (via API calls if necessary, whatever) and having the browser decide what to do with it, not breaking find, not having weird loading bars when you scroll down, etc, etc. If you can't send all of the content you're probably creating a slot machine-type site.