SquallStrife wrote:The smug derision doesn't help, either
I'd say it's entirely appropriate, since it was prompted by how that line of conversation began:
badmojo wrote:smeezekitty wrote:Sorry but that is bloody awful
Apology accepted, we can't all move with the times.
...if you don't see how that's the mother of all smug derisions, your reading must be rather selective. When someone dishes this out, a response in kind should be expected.
It goes without saying that 'new things can be good' (in the context of web technology, I could mention CSS selectors, webfonts, the ability to create interactive and portable web-based applications, the decreased dependence on Flash, and so on). The debate here was never about technology or about new vs. old, but about design trends. In fact, only one person here has placed any kind of value on something *purely* because of its position on the timeline, and that's the one guy who seems to like this particular trend; so I don't know where you're pulling these strawmen from.
I could list a whole host of points explaining why this usage of infinite scroll is inherently bad (with slightly better reasoning than a non-elaborated "it has its place", or "get with the program bro, everyone's doing it"). I have done so elsewhere. Others have done so here. But it doesn't matter, because people here insist on talking past each other, so I'd only be preaching to the converted.
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