Comment on The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling

Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  IIRC Dessalines (Lemmy and Jerboa frontend dev) once said to regret adding infinite scrolling, and the only reason he didn’t remove the feature is because people would rage. So odds are Jerboa will be one of the first to comply.

  And… frankly? As much as I criticise Lemmy devs, I think Dessalines is right in this one.

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  • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Voyager (like Apollo before it) has the option to disable infinite scrolling, I won’t use a client with it

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But why? I don’t mind infinite scrolling here. And an option to opt in/out and everybody’s happy I suppose.

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    • sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I see how it can create problems for some, but OTOH I also don’t want some bureocrats tell me what’s good for me. I bet those are the same bunch that brought us infinite cookie warnings clicking.

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because it’s a piece of addictive design. Here in Lemmy it’s fairly isolated, so not a big deal; but in larger and corporate platforms, it’s coupled with even more addictive design, in a way that you’re basically “stuck”.

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  • saimen@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I am so braindead I can’t even imagine how it would work without endless scrolling?

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    • vodka@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      X amount of posts before it stops scrolling. Then you’d have a classic “next page” button like we used to.

      Basically you add a conscious choice to keep going, and creating a much more natural stopping point.

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    • Lauchmelder@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Pagination

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    • karashta@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You reach the bottom of the feed and have to click something to load another page or reload the forum

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• turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The website uses pages instead of infinite scrolling. I guess that’s compliant then.

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