An additional advantage of continuous scrolling is that we get to stay focused on what we're looking for, rather than fumble with the keyboard. Evan pointed out the challenges of RSI, but as the universal design adage goes, what works well for those with physical disabilities or injuries works even better for the rest of us.
When using continuous scrolling, however, it's important to offer an easy way of getting at navigational elements. Google Reader has a left menu, others place a menu or menu shortcut at the top, etc. If you have a search interface with lots of filters or facets, you'll face height problems cramming them all in on the left hand, etc, but this can be solved decently in most cases. For those of you who enjoy continuous scrolling, http://autopager.teesoft.info/index.html offers a great Firefox plugin that enables continuous scrolling at most sites. - Fredrik ________________________________________________________________ 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
