[The Java Posse] Re: web pagination - #247 - Roundup 09 - Design and Engineering

2009-06-25 Thread Ryan Waterer
It's very well done! The best part is that is so seamless and the user doesn't even notice what is going on. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse) wrote: > > On June 19th, 2009 - you saw load-shedding technology in full-effect, > where the system is designed to make subtle c

[The Java Posse] Re: web pagination - #247 - Roundup 09 - Design and Engineering

2009-06-24 Thread Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse)
On June 19th, 2009 - you saw load-shedding technology in full-effect, where the system is designed to make subtle changes in the UI to reduce load. Pagination controls reduce site load, because you have to explicitly click to fetch another page of data. The "auto- pagination" feature, as we call

[The Java Posse] Re: web pagination - #247 - Roundup 09 - Design and Engineering

2009-06-23 Thread Alan Kent
I think pagination is a pain. For HTML, it is frequently necessary to avoid bloated pages that take a long time to download, and frequently won't render until the full data set has been downloaded. AJAX is better here, but not perfect. Multiple pages make the user experience much more clunk