I think the most frustrating thing for me is when a website has infinite scroll, but also a footer with links that you want to access. I end up going to the dev tools to look at the code.
The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
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Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#62Curious as to where the line between “addictive feature” and "good UX" is. Is deliberate pagination actual impedance to use or merely an annoyance that's been weeded out with modern UX design? When does a feature that simply makes your product easier to use cross into a territory that it's illegal? What about media previews, in a platform like reddit if you can preview or expand media directly from the main list is t…
infinite scroll breaks the back button and its really annoying
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#63Good riddance
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
While that's true I think that once the feed has been observed in a certain way the advantages of stability outweigh the advantages of showing a tweaked version the second time it is loaded.
The user expectation is that if you refresh the page, you will see fresh content.
mine isnt?
if i refresh the page it should be almost the same. maybe a couple new things at the very top, but i should still be able to find the thing i was just looking at.
by comparison, facebook auto-reloads while you're halfway down a page, and wont show you any of the same things. its an incredibly poor experience
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#65I hate infinite scroll. Also how do you really prohibit a software feature? Seriously..
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#66Don't most people have AI agent that consumes the infinite scroll and then presents a custom summarization? I don't see how this ban is a good idea.
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#67misses the mark, it's not about the functionality it's about the algorithm populating it
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#68I’m going to be honest, this kind of regulation would make me disable the site(s) for the state (if there are fines, etc). I don’t have the time to play these games for my tiny projects
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#69It was a good UX in FriendFeed as it was still a chronological feed. However once it was mixed with algorithmic feed it shifted from better UX to keep em' hooked.
Re: The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes
#70Don't most people have AI agent that consumes the infinite scroll and then presents a custom summarization? I don't see how this ban is a good idea.
If you don't have an agent swarm that's already trained to re-scroll all the unscrolled feeds and translate them to binaural beats during your micronaps you're ngmi