Marcelloz Curator Backer Posts: 277 Registered: 9/14/2014
Marcelloz071
# 1 - Posted on 2/12/2015 7:26:47

Don't know if this is on a short\long feature list and i'm not entirely sure yet if I want it myself, but continuous scrolling is a feature I always like to have on list pages. It avoids clicking and waiting for a next page to load; you just scroll down and the next batch of results is shown.

Alternatively you sometimes see a 'More' button displayed which loads the next batch.

Of course you lose the ability to selectively load a certain page, or to jump directly to the end of the list. Something I almost never and don't know if you really need it as you probably can change the sort order anyway.

Any thoughts of others on this subject?

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1965 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 2 - Posted on 2/12/2015 16:43:17

With very large lists, the loss of being able to navigate to specific pages outweighs the convenience of continuous pages imo. Sometimes it's nice to be able to jump ahead/back several pages at a time rather than being forced to one at a time.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6844 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 3 - Posted on 2/12/2015 19:47:52

I generally prefer to have paging, rather than loading in additional rows automatically or by clicking on "more". However, I think it depends on if you're "browsing" or "searching". If you're browsing, I think paging works better since you can jump ahead quickly, but if you're searching, you shouldn't have many pages to deal with since you likely entered some filters and I could see the continuous scrolling / "more" button working well.

I think a hybrid approach could be helpful, much like how Cheap Ass Gamer does it: https://www.cheapassgamer.com/forum/10-video-game-deals/

At the bottom of the page, there's a "Load more topics" link which adds in the next page (and updates the pager).

From a technical perspective, I would need to rework the way I'm using the pager plugin and / or modify the plugin itself so the change could be applied across the board, if possible. It actually sounds kinda fun to build :D

Marcelloz Curator Backer Posts: 277 Registered: 9/14/2014
Marcelloz071
# 4 - Posted on 2/13/2015 12:25:11

Well, I basically always have some filters on as my collection is enormous; that is why I love lists so much ;-) But even then I end up having some 10+ pages. I'm all into continuous scrolling as I also have it enabled in Enhanced Steam and don't miss the pages when browsing or searching. I think it depends on the data; in forums you often want to view the last page because of the latest comments; that doesn't really apply to 'product' pages like we have here.

Still, a hybrid solution would be great. The cheapassgamer solution is good. Perhaps an idea is to implement page size selection. I think the default is now 50 results per page. Upping that a big would also help.

( on a sidenote: I build continuous scrolling myself once and it is indeed fun to implement. So have fun! :D )

jamesmay Posts: 3 Registered: 3/27/2015
# 5 - Posted on 3/27/2015 2:16:46

Add a button in settings that allows us to continuously scroll down.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6844 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 6 - Posted on 3/27/2015 23:00:18

I added a new feature today that lets you select how many games you want to see per page. There's a default setting that goes along with this. Currently, you can select from 25, 50, and 100 items per page. Now that I have that feature out of the way, I'm trying to organize all of the other pending feature requests that impact paging on this page. So far I have the continuous scrolling and having a shelf view, but there might be others on my list. I'll try to work on this stuff once I get through the Giant Bomb API integration (started on that today!)

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6844 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 7 - Posted on 4/24/2015 20:13:21

FYI, the hybrid approach that I mentioned above is now complete and will be included with the next release!

Marcelloz Curator Backer Posts: 277 Registered: 9/14/2014
Marcelloz071
# 8 - Posted on 4/25/2015 5:50:44

Very many kudo's to you! Works great and I really like it. Thanks!

[edit] small think I noticed it that when clicking 'load more' the page navigates back a bit to show the 'loading' screen and then navigates back. This creates a strange 'flipping' effect. But I shouldn't complain ;-)

Post Edited on 4/25/2015 6:01:57
dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1965 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 9 - Posted on 4/25/2015 17:32:04

Just gave it a whirl as well and I'm digging it very much! Also noticed the small scroll back thing Marcelloz mentioned when testing it out, but it seems like a pretty minor issue.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6844 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 10 - Posted on 4/25/2015 17:50:38

Glad to hear you guys like it! I'm not sure how, but I didn't really notice the screen jumping issue when building it, so I'm glad you guys brought that to my attention. I just published a fix for it, so no more jumping :)

As a side-note, I baked this feature into the paging plugin I'm using, so I can very easily (and plan to) add this functionality to the other search pages.

Post Edited on 4/25/2015 17:51:58