This has been around for a while, never caught on. Biggest concern was bookmarking. You can in fact bookmark this type of scrolling by adding event listeners, nobody tried it yet but it's easy enough to do. Each back button would take you to a different anchor point on the page. You can also email to friends depending on what part of the page you are on, and they would be able to view the set of results you were viewing when you sent the link.
More info here: http://unspace.ca/discover/pageless/ On Jan 30, 2008 12:24 PM, Bryan Minihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are many common scenarios where people only care about the first > page > of results (which is why many SEO efforts are geared toward getting a site > listed above the fold on Google/Yahoo, etc). > > I suspect there is almost a subconscious drive for many folks to see the > "whole first page" of results to know what they're up against, have a > quick > pass through the page, before deciding whether to refine their search or > keep digging through. > > In any kind of record listing, there are (at least) two big factors at > stake > *: the assumption that the results contain what you want, and the > assumption that you entered the right query/keywords/selected the right > button to get what you want. If the 1st factor were the only one at play, > improving the ability to get to each page effortlessly would be the > important. If the 2nd is in play at all, you start interfering with a > person's ability to make that all-important decision - forge ahead or do > another search. > > I'm thinking of that I Love Lucy episode in the candy factory where the > conveyor belt keeps spitting out candy to wrap and they can't keep up. If > you keep getting results no matter how much you scroll, your 3 second > decision about the 1st page of results turned into an endless loop getting > what you need to make that decision. > > * I'm not a psychologist, just shooting from the hip, here... > > Bryan > http://www.bryanminihan.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Robert > Hoekman, Jr. > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Etkin Ciftci > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Continuous Scroll > > > 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. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *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
