Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

#1

Post by jonshariat » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 8:51 PM UTC

Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?
scrollsample.appspot.com

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

#2

Post by jonshariat » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 8:51 PM UTC

More explanation on their blog: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/02/infinite-...

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

#3

Post by donutdan4114 » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

Love this. If only Hacker News and Reddit would implement it.

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

#4

Post by iancarroll » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:41 PM UTC

donutdan4114 wrote: post #3

Love this. If only Hacker News and Reddit would implement it.

Doesn't RES have this?

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

#5

Post by lubujackson » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

It still jumps around if you hold and drag the scrollbar - always my complaint with these.

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

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Post by jonshariat » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

lubujackson wrote: post #5

It still jumps around if you hold and drag the scrollbar - always my complaint with these.

Ditto. I wonder if that can be remedied by preloading a page or two and holding it for when the user hits the next page

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

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Post by BlackDeath3 » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

iancarroll wrote: post #4

donutdan4114 wrote: post #3

Love this. If only Hacker News and Reddit would implement it.

Doesn't RES have this?

RES uses infinite scrolling of some sort, yes.

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

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Post by tedmiston » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:58 PM UTC

This reminds me a lot of ScrollSpy in Bootstrap [1].

1: http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#scrollspy

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

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Post by aylons » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

BlackDeath3 wrote: post #7

iancarroll wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't RES have this?

RES uses infinite scrolling of some sort, yes.

Actually, a pretty decent infinite scroller, with markers so you know which page you are (and this makes it a lot easier to navigate).

Re: Google’s suggestion for a better infinite scroll?

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Post by dj-wonk » Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

Favor: could someone share an intelligent (or at least in-depth) write-up of the pros/cons of infinite scrolling? Most of what I'm finding on the web is content farmy.

Also: at what point is memory usage worth worrying about? Scrolling for pages on end has to be tough on a browser.