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Re-think Infinite Scroll (theadminbar.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by dankeck to c/disability

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Article by @amberhinds@fosstodon.org on the use of infinite scrolling in websites:

How it can be difficult for users of screen readers or keyboard input, and for users with cognitive disabilities, attention disorders, or obsessive-compulsive disorders
Ways to make it better for assistive technology
Pros and cons of using it

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[–] Chobbes 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Infinite scrolling is one of those features that people want on paper, but causes a lot of problems in practice! There are so many design decisions to make when building infinite scrolling, and it's essentially impossible to make infinite scrolling that works perfectly in every circumstance because the problem essentially reduces to the CAP theorem... And while it's technically true that you run into similar issues with a paginated system, it's often much more obvious when you might have stale data and stuff as a user and much more obvious how to refresh it and get back to the same place.