My first reaction on seeing this demo was to interpret the navigation controls as pertaining to an embedded video, rather than an actual live search listing.
I would suspect that, unless this sort of control gains widespread usage, many people would make the same mistake. Dmitry On Jan 30, 2008 11:46 AM, Shekhar Bagawde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about this AJAX paging example from 'Componentart', most of you might > have already seen this- > > http://www.componentart.com/webui/demos/demos_technology_showcase/web-services_ajax/ajax_withClientSideCaching/default.aspx > > - Each action retrieves the required set of records from the server > without > reloading the entire page; > - Retrieved pages are cached on the client, and the slider coloration > indicates pre-loaded areas. > > cheers, > Shekhar > > > On Jan 30, 2008 1:44 PM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is cool. The only downside is that users often use the scroll bar > > as > > > an indicator of the longth of the page. This pretty much skews what is > > an > > > important bit of feedback to the user. > > > > > > My own observations (of dozens of people using "infinite scrolling" on > > various sites) are that not only is this true, but that users will often > > relentlessly try to "reach the end" of the page. They don't realize that > > the > > page is loading new results on purpose—they think that the results > simply > > have not finished loading. As such, they think the page is poorly > > constructed (slow) and the design pattern is often seen as annoying. > > > > I have video of people pounding on their mouse buttons in an attempt to > > get > > to the end of a page that will simply never end. > > > > I'm all for innovation, but pagination is such a standard thing that it > > will > > take a lot of undo-ing to convince people that infinite scrolling is > > better, > > especially considering the technical repercussions (such as Find > > functionality). > > > > -r- > > ________________________________________________________________ > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > cheers, > Shekhar > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
