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Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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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.

Why would you ever skip a page of search results?

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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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)

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.

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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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?

If your first language is English, and you end up using Google in a non-Anglophonic country, the option to change language (without going through sign-in hoops) is a drop-down at the bottom. The infinite scrolling, where results get lazy-loaded is really irksome in that case.

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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Despite 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…

Yup this is definitely an improvement for me.

Having to page through ephemeral search results is just added friction. I'm already scrolling anyways so this is much better UX.

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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Despite 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 annoying because e.g you cannot link to thing

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.

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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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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Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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Google pruned their index so radically that it doesn't make a difference anymore. For a bit less common stuff, but yet nothing esoteric, I get to the last page around page 4 or 5. And most of the stuff on those 5 pages are mostly SEO-farm copies of the same stuff. I quit looking for recipes on google. Bought a dozen of recipe books last year. fuck that shit.

Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?

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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.

Is there a footer on infinite-scroll google?
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