I hate infinite scrolling
From the very bottom of my heart, I hate infinite scrolling. I hate how it makes the scrollbar jump while I'm dragging it, I hate how it obscures how much of a document I've already read, or how much content there is left. I hate how it seems like such a good idea at first glance, but ultimately just annoys the shit out of everyone. I believe that every time a developer implements infinite scrolling, a kitten orphanage catches fire, everyone dies, and the world becomes a worse place.
Don't implement infinite scrolling.
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I like it, actually. I find only two annoyances, one of which is fixable – the jumpy scrollbar (which isn’t) and that reloading the page forces me to start over at the top (which can be fixed with HTML5 History, as various people have written about).
In an actual stream this is a nonsensical notion.
Agree. You will spend more time on these sites and you will never know how. Procrastination is a problem today and this “tool” is not helping us. :-)
That’s a good point.
Forget about the scrollbars. man. Nobody cares about them anymore. And as Aristotle already said I like it, actually. The only problem is with reloading the page. And that isn’t a real issue.
Article pagination - now that is something annoying.