Infinite Scroll Advantages and Disadvantages
It’s hard to break the power of infinite scroll, which, in the early 2010s, became a design practice standard. The idea behind infinite scroll is that it allows people to enjoy a frictionless browsing experience. They can surf the web and casually consume content without a pesky “Next page” button interrupting their flow. Without a natural stopping point, though, people tend to just keep going. Infinite scroll is designed to pull you in. Now, infinite scroll is ubiquitous on social media platforms, blogs and e-commerce sites. While infinite scroll may offer users a smooth browsing experience, many designers believe there are better ways to navigate the web. https://builtin.com/ux-de… Bytetheapples.com implemented infinite scroll within the comments section of each post.
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Load-more buttons are typically placed beneath a chunk of content and ask users if they want to see more results. Unlike infinite scroll, it doesn’t assume that they do. It gives them a natural stopping point, a choice to continue. And it allows users to access the footer if they need to.
LOAD-MORE BUTTONS
Pagination is probably the most obvious approach to organizing web content. It involves dividing content into discrete pages, each one populated with a limited number of items. It’s clear, and gives users what they expect. There are hardly any surprises with pagination.
PAGINATION
Alternatives to Infinite Scroll
This may encourage passive users to stick around and read “just one more” article, which helps juice the site’s pageview and bounce-rate numbers — but it yields a frustrating experience for most visitors.
Some blogs and news sites use infinite scroll too. They stack articles on top of each other on an endlessly scrolling page, often with each successive article creating a new URL in the address bar as the user scrolls down.