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		dagurp on May 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Famo.us open to everyone What about the countless sites that have infinite scrolling (Facebook for example)? It's not as bad as Famous but still breaks it in my opinion.

madeofpalk on May 21, 2014 [–]

Infinite scrolling doesnt break scrolling, it breaks backwards/forwards navigation.

dagurp on May 21, 2014 | [–]

It does both (infinite scrolling is a horrible idea). If you try dragging the scrollbar it will jump around every time more content is loaded and you lose your position on the page.

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