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1. Scrolling is not a "computer concept", it comes from scrolls. 2. Paging and scrolling are different things. Paging can works well when you're dealing with
by bonaldi 15y ago
1. Scrolling is not a "computer concept", it comes from scrolls.
2. Paging and scrolling are different things. Paging can works well when you're dealing with things that don't need compared (like a list of names in a phone book) but it breaks when you want to compare things.
Consider a spreadsheet or log file: you might want to compare any two given rows, and if they're split across a page break, it's a nightmare.
- babebridou 15y ago1. of course, I completely forgot about the original scrolling for some reason. 2. I agree with you, but by itself a list is not any better for comparing rows. It's only better in the edge case where you can display the two rows on the same screen in the list but not on a pager, and even then it's visually hard to get the job done.