Stefan Is… an infinite scroll maaaaniac! (Episode 001)

Posted By: Max | Feb 13th @ 4:10 PM | 44,128 Views | 13 Comments

As this is Stefan’s first appearance on Channel 9, he explains a bit about what we’re going to do in this weekly series.  If you want to skip ahead and get to the demo-goodness, check out 2:40 for some infinite scrolling mega-action.

For some quick background info, check out Stefan’s explanation of what’s going to happen in his transition from Channel 8 to Channel 9.

And if you want to try it out for yourself, well then this one’s for you.
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#Feb 14th @ 7:10 AM
StefanWeitz
StefanWeitz

Hmm - what country are you in?  Or more precisely, what country does live.com think you're in?

#Feb 14th @ 4:38 PM
androidi
androidi

Cool. I'd have liked to see how it works if there is millions/infinite amount of results as that usually makes scroll wheels unsuitable and standard scroll bar unusable. For this scenario a scroll slider (instead of wheel) similar to zoom controls ranging from say. -64 to +64 and resetting to 0 when released would be a nice to have. There are still common cases where scroll wheel is better. I like the Logitech VS Revolution mouse on paper for incorporating a zoom slider like that in addition to scroll wheel but I haven't got one so I can't tell if it's just a -1,0,+1 (eg. zoom in, do nothing, zoom out) or if it allows more control over the rate of the zoom/scroll action.

#Feb 14th @ 5:27 PM
dentaku
dentaku
I actually like the new stuff, I think it's a good change.
#Feb 17th @ 3:28 PM
RyGuy12
RyGuy12
@Trix.rox

Some browsers such as Opera do not render the infinite scrolling correctly.  This is a browser issue, and not one with Live Search.  Internet Explorer 7+ works perfectly with Live Search, and IE8 takes advantage of the WebSlices in Live Search which is Really Cool!!!
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