Post by Marc on Mar 14, 2013 8:17:56 GMT -8
I'm curious as to what everyone thinks of this functionality. What I'm referring to is on sites like Facebook (and many others that seem to be adopting this functionality), where as you scroll it automatically loads additional content.
Personally, I both like and despise this functionality. I like it, because it's a very passive thing; I don't have to click "Next Page" every 30 seconds as I'm looking through content. On the other hand, this functionality is a bit of a hassle if you accidentally navigate away from the page and you want to get back to where you were within the content.
Now, I can live with that hassle. But the thing that bugs me to no end is that literally every site that I have seen with this functionality still has important navigation at the very bottom of the page. For instance, Facebook has links to its Help Center, to its Careers page, to its Terms and Privacy pages, and so on. Granted, these sections can be accessed in other ways, but having links in a place that's almost impossible to get to really doesn't make sense from a UI/UX point of view. If you're lucky and you manage to scroll to the bottom of the page fast enough, you'll be even luckier if you manage to click the link before the additional content loads and shoves it down further.
TL;DR - I like the functionality, but the sites that use it need to alter their layout to make sure their UI is still intuitive.
Do you like this functionality, or do you prefer to use a different method?
Personally, I both like and despise this functionality. I like it, because it's a very passive thing; I don't have to click "Next Page" every 30 seconds as I'm looking through content. On the other hand, this functionality is a bit of a hassle if you accidentally navigate away from the page and you want to get back to where you were within the content.
Now, I can live with that hassle. But the thing that bugs me to no end is that literally every site that I have seen with this functionality still has important navigation at the very bottom of the page. For instance, Facebook has links to its Help Center, to its Careers page, to its Terms and Privacy pages, and so on. Granted, these sections can be accessed in other ways, but having links in a place that's almost impossible to get to really doesn't make sense from a UI/UX point of view. If you're lucky and you manage to scroll to the bottom of the page fast enough, you'll be even luckier if you manage to click the link before the additional content loads and shoves it down further.
TL;DR - I like the functionality, but the sites that use it need to alter their layout to make sure their UI is still intuitive.
Do you like this functionality, or do you prefer to use a different method?
