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My favorite example I discovered recently is the Coinbase prices page. You can’t get to the links in the footer (or their big “enter your email to learn more” C

by baddox 7y ago

My favorite example I discovered recently is the Coinbase prices page. You can’t get to the links in the footer (or their big “enter your email to learn more” CTA which I’m sure their marketing team works hard on) because it keeps loading new pages when you scroll to the bottom of the page. Presumably they will eventually run out of pages and you’ll be able to see the footer. https://www.coinbase.com/price https://www.coinbase.com/price

lol768 7y ago
Out of curiousity, I did persist and scroll all the way to the buttom. It took a few minutes - 1972 separate cryptocurrencies can appear in that table
zubnix 7y ago
It stops at 1972. I thank my flywheel scroll button for that.
clairity 7y ago
other issues aside, isn't not being able to reach the footer on infinite scrolling pages solved with a sticky footer? it can even be sticky at 2X or 3X the screen hieght so that it doesn't get in the way of the freshest/most important content near the top of the (very long) page.
- Groxx 7y ago
  theoretically yes. effectively anyway. in practice, I don't think I've ever seen a sticky footer that didn't flake out somewhere. it's always broken weird screen sizes, or mobile, or one browser, or after a browser update. or it hides content because someone forgot to add padding. or it jumps around because they're using absolute position for some insane reason.
acdanger 7y ago
I've come across dozens examples of this issue. It's absurd these features make it into production.
markdown 7y ago
A tax on fast internet, lol. I have no problem getting to the footer links on first scroll. I then get around five seconds to study the links before it disappears and I have to scroll for another five second view.
3xblah 7y ago
What happens if you turn off Javascript for this website in the browser, or use a client that does not interpret Javascript?
- spookthesunset 7y ago
  Initiate scroll can’t work without javascript enabled....
nirui 7y ago
Haha. I think it's one reason why I have No Script installed on my browser -- To protect me against poorly designed websites (to a degree at least). Infinite Scrolling is not bad, but you have to design the page for it instead of jamming the feature in later. Otherwise, it hurts.
terragon 7y ago
That's absurd! Everyone knows you're supposed to open up Developer Tools, then throttle network to 2G and then scroll, if you want to see the footer. I thought this was common knowledge, guys. /s

by baddox 7y ago

lol768 7y ago

Out of curiousity, I did persist and scroll all the way to the buttom. It took a few minutes - 1972 separate cryptocurrencies can appear in that table

zubnix 7y ago

It stops at 1972. I thank my flywheel scroll button for that.

clairity 7y ago

other issues aside, isn't not being able to reach the footer on infinite scrolling pages solved with a sticky footer? it can even be sticky at 2X or 3X the screen hieght so that it doesn't get in the way of the freshest/most important content near the top of the (very long) page.

Groxx 7y ago
theoretically yes. effectively anyway. in practice, I don't think I've ever seen a sticky footer that didn't flake out somewhere. it's always broken weird screen sizes, or mobile, or one browser, or after a browser update. or it hides content because someone forgot to add padding. or it jumps around because they're using absolute position for some insane reason.

acdanger 7y ago

I've come across dozens examples of this issue. It's absurd these features make it into production.

markdown 7y ago

A tax on fast internet, lol. I have no problem getting to the footer links on first scroll. I then get around five seconds to study the links before it disappears and I have to scroll for another five second view.

3xblah 7y ago

What happens if you turn off Javascript for this website in the browser, or use a client that does not interpret Javascript?

spookthesunset 7y ago
Initiate scroll can’t work without javascript enabled....

nirui 7y ago

Haha. I think it's one reason why I have No Script installed on my browser -- To protect me against poorly designed websites (to a degree at least). Infinite Scrolling is not bad, but you have to design the page for it instead of jamming the feature in later. Otherwise, it hurts.

terragon 7y ago

That's absurd! Everyone knows you're supposed to open up Developer Tools, then throttle network to 2G and then scroll, if you want to see the footer. I thought this was common knowledge, guys. /s