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Out of interest, why? I find infinite scroll a pareto improvement (an improvement with no downsides)
Because I can skip tons of pages, I can go back to the same page later.
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Ugh :( I really liked having individual pages
Out of interest, why? I find infinite scroll a pareto improvement (an improvement with no downsides)
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> You rarely go to even the second page You might not, I do, I do a lot, I even go further. I personally don't like the change at all
I'm curious - in what cases do you go even further?
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#35Despite all the hate Google and infinite scroll gets, it seems to be good decision doesn't it? You rarely go to even the second page, I'm almost always improving/changing the query instead of going to next pages, so even in those edge cases where I have to go to next pages, then auto loading next results when I'm at the bottom of the page seems viable solution Infinite scroll is annoying because e.g you cannot link t…
Having to page through ephemeral search results is just added friction. I'm already scrolling anyways so this is much better UX.
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#36Despite all the hate Google and infinite scroll gets, it seems to be good decision doesn't it? You rarely go to even the second page, I'm almost always improving/changing the query instead of going to next pages, so even in those edge cases where I have to go to next pages, then auto loading next results when I'm at the bottom of the page seems viable solution Infinite scroll is annoying because e.g you cannot link t…
Infinite scroll is also annoying because it often breaks when navigating back to the page.
Since this is a very popular use case in the context of a search page, I’m not a fan of this change.
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In cases where the result wasn't on the previous page. I can't decide what's more annoying though, the infinite scroll or the search result layout change.
What do you find preferable about clicking the next page link vs having it appear without a click?
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Out of interest, why? I find infinite scroll a pareto improvement (an improvement with no downsides)
For keyboard users it acts as a focus trap, breaking the expected interaction model of the page. You can’t ever reach the footer, at least until the results stop.