The Potential Pitfalls of Pagination
The Potential Pitfalls of Pagination
Pagination is a core part of many APIs, but many methods have hidden pitfalls. This post explores these common issues.
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lazily loading notifications
...What?
This whole article was sprung from a discussion of exactly that case, because users often simply don't delete notifications. It's very common for users to have years of undismissed notifications stacked up under the notification bell, and it's not a good experience to load them all at once.
Ah, like smartphone/Windows notifications, not webpage popups? Yeah, always wonder how my dad doesn't miss everything, despite always having 20+ notifications.
Yeah, or even the inbox in lemmy. It's a surprisingly common thing.
Yes when they said notifications they meant notifications hehe