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Can anyone explain "Waterfall-Style" in this context? Is it related to what used to be called "mosaic layout"? Just guessing here but it's used in a way that se

Can anyone explain "Waterfall-Style" in this context? Is it related to what used to be called "mosaic layout"? Just guessing here but it's used in a way that seems to presume lots of people are familiar with the term so I must have slept through that meeting.

Deukhoofd 2y ago
It's more commonly known as a masonry layout, popularized by Pinterest. It's similar to a mosaic layout, but with a tighter fit for different height images. If one image is 200 pixels high, and another is 100 pixels high, you can draw them next to each other, and put another image in the remaining 100 pixels of the right column.
- andybak 2y ago
  Actually masonry was I was thinking of. Where do this waterfall business come from then?
  - Deukhoofd 2y ago
    Same thing, different name. It's kind of like a waterfall in that it's a continuous vertical layout.
  - aldousd666 2y ago
    I was equally confused by this. I tried everywhere to find what the heck that even meant in this context and discovered that it is apparently a term they invented themselves.
DidYaWipe 2y ago
Nope. I have no idea why that name is used term here. There is nothing remotely waterfall-like about what's shown on that page. I thought it was going to be something like CoverFlow (the page-flipping paradigm that Apple tried to popularize years ago in iTunes), but vertical. Regardless, this little utility looks very nice! It addresses the irritating lack of a simple image browser that lets you move files around.
netdcy 2y ago
Sorry, I didn't realize that this name would cause confusion. Perhaps the term "masonry layout" is more widely used, but you can still find many results about "waterfall layout" by googling it.
- andybak 2y ago
  I'd just never come across it before. Funny how tech can be like that. Something is widely understood in some circles for some time periods and is completely new outside that. I used to be a lot more involved in Web UX stuff but I've been doing other things for a few years and it seems like there was a collective change in terminology!
- spacebacon 2y ago
  Waterfall is the more accurate term of your app uses masonry and infinite scrolling vs pagination.

Deukhoofd 2y ago

It's more commonly known as a masonry layout, popularized by Pinterest. It's similar to a mosaic layout, but with a tighter fit for different height images. If one image is 200 pixels high, and another is 100 pixels high, you can draw them next to each other, and put another image in the remaining 100 pixels of the right column.

andybak 2y ago
Actually masonry was I was thinking of. Where do this waterfall business come from then?
- Deukhoofd 2y ago
  Same thing, different name. It's kind of like a waterfall in that it's a continuous vertical layout.
- aldousd666 2y ago
  I was equally confused by this. I tried everywhere to find what the heck that even meant in this context and discovered that it is apparently a term they invented themselves.

DidYaWipe 2y ago

Nope. I have no idea why that name is used term here. There is nothing remotely waterfall-like about what's shown on that page. I thought it was going to be something like CoverFlow (the page-flipping paradigm that Apple tried to popularize years ago in iTunes), but vertical. Regardless, this little utility looks very nice! It addresses the irritating lack of a simple image browser that lets you move files around.

netdcy 2y ago

Sorry, I didn't realize that this name would cause confusion. Perhaps the term "masonry layout" is more widely used, but you can still find many results about "waterfall layout" by googling it.

andybak 2y ago
I'd just never come across it before. Funny how tech can be like that. Something is widely understood in some circles for some time periods and is completely new outside that. I used to be a lot more involved in Web UX stuff but I've been doing other things for a few years and it seems like there was a collective change in terminology!
spacebacon 2y ago
Waterfall is the more accurate term of your app uses masonry and infinite scrolling vs pagination.