Feb 2, 2017, 4:54 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
"FT Desktop Infinite Scroll" feature for desktop viewing introduced Jan 2017
NOTE: Selecting the Mobile Skin / display format will activate Infinite Scroll.
Opting out of "FT Desktop Infinte Scroll" skin:
How to opt out:
If you opt out, your pagination will revert to the “classic” FT Desktop View skin when you are logged into your FT account. Bear in mind that if you visit FT before logging in, you will see the infinite scroll.
To opt out, you can see this post or just go to
My FlyerTalk->Edit Options->Thread Display Options->“Disable Desktop Infinite Scroll”
Click the check box and click SAVE CHANGES.
If you opt out, your pagination will revert to the “classic” FT Desktop View skin when you are logged into your FT account. Bear in mind that if you visit FT before logging in, you will see the infinite scroll.
To opt out, you can see this post or just go to
My FlyerTalk->Edit Options->Thread Display Options->“Disable Desktop Infinite Scroll”
Click the check box and click SAVE CHANGES.
If infinite scroll is set to default style and you keep reverting to infinite scroll:
... Unfortunately since it's set to be the default style, opting out wont work.
So, with that said, you'll need to go into the "My Options" page and both disable infinite scroll and change your default style/skin to FT Desktop ..also don't forget to save!
Hope this helps!
So, with that said, you'll need to go into the "My Options" page and both disable infinite scroll and change your default style/skin to FT Desktop ..also don't forget to save!
Hope this helps!
Originally Posted by [B
Spanish[/B];27896638]All you need to do is add "?styleid=17" to the end of any Flyertalk URL.
For those with Greasemonkey, a simple script for you. You no needing to be logged in for this to be effective.
Here you go:
For those with Greasemonkey, a simple script for you. You no needing to be logged in for this to be effective.Here you go:
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name Flyertalk_Remove_Infinite_Scroll
// @match *://*.flyertalk.com/*
// @run-at document-start
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var oldUrlPath = window.location.pathname;
/*--- Test that "?styleid=17" is at end of URL, excepting any "hashes"
or searches.
*/
if (window.location.href.toString().indexOf("?styleid=17") != -1) return false;
if ( ! /\?styleid=17$/.test (oldUrlPath) ) {
var newURL = window.location.protocol + "//"
+ window.location.host
+ oldUrlPath + "?styleid=17"
+ window.location.search
+ window.location.hash
;
/*-- replace() puts the good page in the history instead of the
bad page.
*/
window.location.replace (newURL);
}
Infinite / Automatic Scroll: issues, q&a, disable on desktop version
Nov 16, 2017, 7:44 pm
#241
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,556
Me, too.
But there is a fix, I just discovered.
See here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tech...l#post29069614
But there is a fix, I just discovered.
See here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tech...l#post29069614
Nov 17, 2017, 1:42 am
#242
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Posts: 102,095
Me, too.
But there is a fix, I just discovered.
See here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tech...l#post29069614
But there is a fix, I just discovered.
See here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tech...l#post29069614
Infinite scroll as a default option isn't my idea of a good idea, and yet it seems to be another case of "it's built so lets make as many people use it as possible whether it's ideal for the users or not".
Dec 4, 2017, 3:30 pm
#246
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: UA
Posts: 114
flyertalk = browser memory hog
Flyertalk seems to have astrnage way to dynamically show the posts in threads, eg;
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...-passport.html
When i just scroll down the thread, it dynamically adds more and more posts, it even dynamically changes the URL, eg:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...assport-7.html
This is a nice user experience except that it seems to kill at least my windows 7 computer - with all browsers (firefox, chrome, explorer). Open the URL, let computer sit there for a while, and the memory for the browser goes up to as many gigs as the computer has (8). All browser extensions disabled...
Is there a way to change this through any setting to keep memory needs more in bounds ?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...-passport.html
When i just scroll down the thread, it dynamically adds more and more posts, it even dynamically changes the URL, eg:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...assport-7.html
This is a nice user experience except that it seems to kill at least my windows 7 computer - with all browsers (firefox, chrome, explorer). Open the URL, let computer sit there for a while, and the memory for the browser goes up to as many gigs as the computer has (8). All browser extensions disabled...
Is there a way to change this through any setting to keep memory needs more in bounds ?
Dec 4, 2017, 3:46 pm
#247
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 416
Flyertalk seems to have astrnage way to dynamically show the posts in threads, eg;
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...-passport.html
When i just scroll down the thread, it dynamically adds more and more posts, it even dynamically changes the URL, eg:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...assport-7.html
This is a nice user experience except that it seems to kill at least my windows 7 computer - with all browsers (firefox, chrome, explorer). Open the URL, let computer sit there for a while, and the memory for the browser goes up to as many gigs as the computer has (8). All browser extensions disabled...
Is there a way to change this through any setting to keep memory needs more in bounds ?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...-passport.html
When i just scroll down the thread, it dynamically adds more and more posts, it even dynamically changes the URL, eg:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prac...assport-7.html
This is a nice user experience except that it seems to kill at least my windows 7 computer - with all browsers (firefox, chrome, explorer). Open the URL, let computer sit there for a while, and the memory for the browser goes up to as many gigs as the computer has (8). All browser extensions disabled...
Is there a way to change this through any setting to keep memory needs more in bounds ?
Dec 5, 2017, 1:08 pm
#248
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: UA
Posts: 114
Probably, thanks for moving my question. Just disabled infinite scroll. The idea is actually quite nice, from the usability perspective the main issue was that i would not always get the bar at the bottom that would allow me to explicitly go to the last page.
But its unusable as long as browsers just eat up memory, and given how this happened to me for all three browsers on windows, it seems as if its a systemtic issue.
But its unusable as long as browsers just eat up memory, and given how this happened to me for all three browsers on windows, it seems as if its a systemtic issue.
Dec 8, 2017, 12:37 am
#249
Senior Moderator and Moderator: American AAdvantage & TravelBuzz
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 10,417
Ditto. I actually liked some of the features included in the bottom bar, but the jumping behaviour made using the site on my tablet impossible to use. Have now turned off infinite scroll and other features as well, as some of the recent "improvements" meant giving up too much functionality for me.
Dec 8, 2017, 8:48 am
#250
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Ditto. I actually liked some of the features included in the bottom bar, but the jumping behaviour made using the site on my tablet impossible to use. Have now turned off infinite scroll and other features as well, as some of the recent "improvements" meant giving up too much functionality for me.
Dec 26, 2017, 12:58 pm
#251
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
Option to go back to old forums? (infinite scroll - to merge)
When I click the link to view new posts in subscribed threads, just a slight scroll will cause older posts to load and then it's difficult to find the new posts.
I find going all the way to the last post of the thread and scrolling upwards to find the newest posts.
The old forums didn't have any of this problem.
I find going all the way to the last post of the thread and scrolling upwards to find the newest posts.
The old forums didn't have any of this problem.
Dec 26, 2017, 2:11 pm
#252
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,867
Hi there! Do you still have Infinite Scroll enabled? It may be causing that problem. It can be disabled here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...do=editoptions
Jan 8, 2018, 9:10 pm
#255
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,684
I just want to re-iterate how absolutely stupid this functionality is. I haven't seen any step back in web forum technology since I've been posting on them so this is a first.
Just to post here I had to scroll, wait, scroll, wait, etc, etc. For a multi-paged thread on a regular site, you'd just scroll and then hit last. I commonly want to scroll up to use the forum tools, but now you have to scroll many, many times to get to the top of a thread to find them. For long threads, finding particular pages is very useful.
This brings 0 benefit with it. Absolutely nothing. It brings a lot of drawbacks. A better change would have been to move each page to a large number of posts.
How about you guys stepping up, admitting that you made a mistake and let people who want this really useless feature opt in to it?
Just to post here I had to scroll, wait, scroll, wait, etc, etc. For a multi-paged thread on a regular site, you'd just scroll and then hit last. I commonly want to scroll up to use the forum tools, but now you have to scroll many, many times to get to the top of a thread to find them. For long threads, finding particular pages is very useful.
This brings 0 benefit with it. Absolutely nothing. It brings a lot of drawbacks. A better change would have been to move each page to a large number of posts.
How about you guys stepping up, admitting that you made a mistake and let people who want this really useless feature opt in to it?