I 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 th

I 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.