infinite scroll

English

Noun

infinite scroll (uncountable)

1. (Internet) A web design technique that prevents the browser scroll bar from scrolling to the bottom of the page, causing the page to grow with additional content instead.
   • 2009, Robert Hoekman, Jared Spool, Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks That Work (page 96)

     The prime example of this is the so-called infinite scroll pattern. The idea is simple: rather than distribute results across a series of pages, all results are loaded into a single page.

   • 2012, Evan Goer, Yui 3 Cookbook (page 80)

     You want to create an “infinite scroll” interaction that appends new results as the user scrolls down the page.