Do not combine footers and infinite scrolling

#1

Post by harryvederci » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 8:50 PM UTC

Re: Do not combine footers and infinite scrolling

#2

Post by jessedrain » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:22 PM UTC

My friend and I had a good laugh about this article. Eloquent and straight to the point.

#3

Post by smitty1e » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:22 PM UTC

Past all of the boilerplate and digressions, Fennel sounds as though he's coming out against the use of infinite scrolling in the web page footer.

#4

Post by TimPC » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:26 PM UTC

But what if the footer contains the entire site navigation UI. Then surely I can do this..,,

#5

Post by lobo_tuerto » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:29 PM UTC

Don't remember a specific instance, but I've seen this used in a couple of sites. Kind of mind numbing.

Try to read the text or click on a link in the footer, and if you're lucky the request will be slow enough.

#6

Post by indymike » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:29 PM UTC

Shh. Don't tell the committee that designed the footer that no one can ever see it. They'll want to go with the supermenu header instead.

#7

Post by tuxie_ » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:30 PM UTC

If you are wondering what his argument is, just don't.

#8

Post by quickthrower2 » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:36 PM UTC

Remove “combine” and make it “or”

I assume footer here means fixed position footer. The normal footer or “tags near end of document” is fine by me.

#9

Post by alphabet9000 » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:41 PM UTC

missed opportunity to put the "just don't" message inside the footer of a page with infinite scrolling

#10

Post by SnowHill9902 » Sat, Jun 04, 2022, 10:45 PM UTC

Many e-commerce sites are guilty of this.