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Infinite scrolling needs Javascript, and it's pretty useful for some sites that have feeds.
by mehrdadn 7y ago
Infinite scrolling needs Javascript, and it's pretty useful for some sites that have feeds.
- bjelkeman-again 7y agoOh, infinite scrolling pages with links at the footer, like Privacy policy and About, which you never are able to click. I always wonder who thought that was a good idea.
- roenxi 7y agoSpeaking as someone who browses the web with JavaScript disabled: To the sort of person who installs NoScript breaking infinite scrolling is one of several advantages. Infinite scrolling is a great tell that there is an infinite amount of content with no marginal value.
- eyelidlessness 7y agoYou know "infinite scroll" isn't literally infinite right? It's just a next page button triggered at a scroll offset.
- boring_twenties 7y agoIt's nowhere near as good as a next page button.
- eyelidlessness 7y agoI didn’t say it is (I think it’s conditional on the type of interface and data involved)
- tanseydavid 7y agoOf course it is not literally infinite, but when viewing a stream like LinkedIn for example, it may as well be infinite in practice.
- Erlich_Bachman 7y agoInfinite scrolling is an appalling travesty of a UI pattern.
- torgoguys 7y agoPlease give me paged results instead of infinite scroll.
- zzo38computer 7y agoI agree. Paged results can be used instead. However, what might be good is a new kind of HTTP range request, and possibly some way to programmatically delimit each result in a HTML document.
- bmn__ 7y agoThat's already in HTTP/1.1, the Range header comes with units. The standard defined "bytes", but a Web developer can also use more granular units, for example "items". (See <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-parameters#range-units>. http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-parameters#range-units>...) I've seen that in the wild a couple of times in the context of JSON based request/response pairs.
- zzo38computer 7y agoI was aware that the Range header has units; I did not know of any units other than "bytes", though.
- heavyset_go 7y agoI've run into too many sites and apps with poorly implemented infinite scrolling from a usability and resource consumption viewpoint.
- mycall 7y agodon't need infinite scrolling if the end of the page has a huge button that says "more"
- jibbit 7y agoNo - this is still infinite scrolling
- Chris_Chambers 7y agoAnything that loses your scroll position when you click a link and go back is trash.
- smcameron 7y agoFuck no it isn't. Infinite scrolling has no valid use case.
- mattowen_uk 7y agoIt's only valid use case, is to keep the sheep glued to their phones. In that aspect it's totally succeeded.
- rolph 7y agoi think it might be handy if you want a web game rather than a document.
- RHSeeger 7y agoI use Reddit Enhancement Suite, and one of the features it adds is autoloading the next page when I get to the bottom of the current one. It's really nice.
- Chris_Chambers 7y ago>I use Reddit Stopped reading.
- bloaf 7y agoVisit any infinite scrolling site and click on the link associated with an item in the list. Hit the back button. Q: Where are you in the list now? A: It is impossible to know because no two sites behave the same way. You will not be anywhere near the item you clicked on in the majority of cases.