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0 pointsjust2n13y ago0 comments

Having a linkable infinite scroll is only solving one of the issues in infinite scroll.

Have you ever tried to click the links in Facebook below your news feed?

Why is it that everyone who implements automatic infinite scroll shoves it into a context where there's stuff beneath it on the page, making that content completely inaccessible?

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thezilch13y ago· 2 in thread

No, because FB puts the same links and content under the right-hand side. Can you enumerate the issues that need to be addressed? I have ready of research on the lack-luster implementations (eg. Twitter) that many assume is the status quo.

lmm13y ago

My biggest problem is how to get back to where I was. I was reading a funny tumblr on my phone and got to the point where the page was incredibly slow, so I wanted to start reading again from where I currently was in the page... how do I do that?

andrewingram13y ago

The great-grandparent of your reply details such a solution.

rubinelli13y ago

Oh, boy. It drives me absolutely insane when I try to click on a footer link, scroll down, and just before I click, another batch of the infinite list shows up and pushes the footer further away. Kickstarter is guilty of this, among many others.

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