In theory, I prefer scanning a longer list to clicking next 10 times, as it seems like it would take less time and it gives you a better overall picture. However, when I tried Google's 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 results preferences, it was much easier for me to scan through 10 results, didn't require as much scrolling (which is painful to people with repetitive stress injuries, fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc.), and made me feel like I was making progress, which I don't really feel when I'm scrolling through 50-100 results (I felt no difference in the length of time or frustration with either of these). So, in practice, although I am annoyed when I have to click next so soon, it gives my scrolling hand a break, which makes a big difference in how long I can continue searching.
On the other hand, if I get 10 pages (100 results at 10 a page) into a google search, I've pretty much given up on finding whatever it is I'm looking for. What about just going Google's route and show 10 at first, for easy viewing and to reduce scrolling, especially for small displays, but let those advanced, oft-times younger users with faster hands, set their preference for # of results? Something like this: View 10 20 30 50 100 results per page, with 10 being bold black text as the default selection and the rest being blue underlined links Thanks, Courtney -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Abbett Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 12:07 PM To: IXDA list Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Pagination best practices Can anyone recommend resources (or offer advice) addressing how best to paginate data on the web? Specifically looking for info on when to paginate and how many items to show per page. There may have been a time when retrieving more than 10 items from your database at a time was too much of a load, but there's no technical reason why we can't show the user 100+ items per page. Is it easier for the user to click "next" 10 times, rather than scroll down a long list? Thanks in advance, Jonathan ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
