I get a weird colored-card-based layout on mobile when they run out of normal search results.
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?
#42Despite 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…
My biggest problem with infinite scrolling in general is
it clears scrolling state by browser back or page refresh.
Sometimes there's no good result in the first page, or I want to keep searching for more investigation.
When I find a seemingly interesting result after several scrolls and visit the page but find out it's not what I want, I want to go back to the search result and continue. But after browser back, the result is cleared and I have to scroll several times again. Even if I open the result in the different tabs and keep the search result, it may disappear after browser refresh or restart.
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#43I'm surprised that I'm asking this because I've been such a fan of Google for years....but does anyone have alternative suggestions for Google products? (
Looking for alternative suggestions for:
1. Google Maps (yikes was it bad when I used it this week) 2. Google Docs (such a frustrating lack of features) 3. Google Drive (it's impossible to find anything when you are sharing docs with someone) 4. Google Search (ChatGPT has spoiled me and I find Google Search to be a large waste of time) 5. Google Classroom (their quizzes/homeworks/forms are unbelievable bad and I can't tell what students can see vs what they can't) 6. Gmail (I've love gmail for so long but with all the other products just being so bad it's making me wonder what else I'm missing something better)
Sorry to sh!t on Google so much, but everything is just so mediocre that I'm tired of it and want something higher quality. Anyone have thoughts?
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#44I'm surprised that I'm asking this because I've been such a fan of Google for years....but does anyone have alternative suggestions for Google products? ( Looking for alternative suggestions for: 1. Google Maps (yikes was it bad when I used it this week) 2. Google Docs (such a frustrating lack of features) 3. Google Drive (it's impossible to find anything when you are sharing docs with someone) 4. Google Search (Chat…
Excel Online is free, got a lost faster and has the vast majority of Excel features. (Full disclosure I work on it)
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#45Just noticed it now, I’m on mobile. They really spilled the beans on this one, I guess that’s one way of saying that they give up for good when it comes to helping people to find stuff on the web.
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#46Despite 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.
It seems trivial for Google to fix if this is truly broken. They could just update the page params while scrolling.
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#47I'm surprised that I'm asking this because I've been such a fan of Google for years....but does anyone have alternative suggestions for Google products? ( Looking for alternative suggestions for: 1. Google Maps (yikes was it bad when I used it this week) 2. Google Docs (such a frustrating lack of features) 3. Google Drive (it's impossible to find anything when you are sharing docs with someone) 4. Google Search (Chat…
Google maps has deteriorated considerably for me recently. It used to be flawless, but now it routes me through random neighborhoods and awkward narrow streets, like I haven't seen navigation this bad since MapQuest.
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#48I'm surprised that I'm asking this because I've been such a fan of Google for years....but does anyone have alternative suggestions for Google products? ( Looking for alternative suggestions for: 1. Google Maps (yikes was it bad when I used it this week) 2. Google Docs (such a frustrating lack of features) 3. Google Drive (it's impossible to find anything when you are sharing docs with someone) 4. Google Search (Chat…
OpenStreetMap [1] is a potential alternative to Google Maps for some.
Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#49Despite 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…
My biggest problem with infinite scrolling in general is it clears scrolling state by browser back or page refresh. Sometimes there's no good result in the first page, or I want to keep searching for more investigation. When I find a seemingly interesting result after several scrolls and visit the page but find out it's not what I want, I want to go back to the search result and continue. But after browser back, the…
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Re: Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you too now?
#50Despite 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
There are other reasons. It's annoying to me because on mobile there's a link I use often that's only in the footer of the page.
And yep, the link is still there in the infinite scroll version of the results page - if you swipe violently downward several times then after 3-4 refreshes it gives up, and you can click footer links.
(The link in question is "see results in English" - which I use often due to my region and because I use incognito tabs for random google searches.)