Improving on Infinite Scrolling

I’ve been thinking a lot about infinite scrolling lately. We’re cooking up some interesting stuff and Viewzi and are considering implementing this behavior in a few very specific scenarios.

What is infinite scrolling? Instead of breaking content into ‘pages’, as a user nears (or scrolls to) the end of a set of content or results, more content is seamlessly loaded behind it creating one long continuous page. Humanized likes this approach because the concept of “pages” really has no semantic meaning to a person. Those numbers at the bottom of the page don’t really mean much. Second, and perhaps most important, by scrolling to the bottom of a “page” the user is essentially telling the system that they are ready for more content. Why should they have to ask for it?

Back from SXSWi: My favorite panels

Stephen, Jeremy, Jarek, and myself are back from SXSWi after 4 intense days of eating, drinking, and paneling. My favorites: Field guide to design inspiration with Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert Kath Sierra keynote Stop Designing Products with Peter Merholz Mobile Design with Brian Fling Ajax Kung Fu Meets Accessibility Feng Shui with Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone Bullet Tooth Web […]

My SXSWi Schedule

Saturday, March 10th 10:00am Emerging Social and Technology Trends 11:30am Getting to Consistency: Don’t Make Your Users Think 2:00pm Kathy Sierra Opening Remarks 3:30pm Stop Designing Products 4:05pm Ruining the User Experience: When JavaScript and Ajax Go Bad 5:00pm High Class and Low Class Web Design Sunday, March 11th 10:00am Designing for Convergent Devices 11:30am […]