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Pete Forde at Unspace has written an interesting article describing a method for implementing ‘pageless’ data display in Rails. This approach is very interesting from a user interface standpoint, as it removes unnecessary user interactions (i.e., ‘next’ or ‘previous’ buttons) with the display page. It does introduce it’s own problems as it is easy for the user to get ‘lost’ in the results as the normal reference points for the start and end of the page are constantly moving targets.

This technique is clearly one to keep an eye on for a good user experience. It is not yet clear to me when this type of interface can be used for maximal benefit, and when conventional paging should be the preferred method.

Unspace – Endless Pageless: No More Next Page

Filed by Kevin Olbrich at 10:32 pm under Ruby on Rails, User Interface
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