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
