Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Have you noticed that the "infinite scroll" option for My Books is a bit too literal?

Today, I was trying to scroll to the end of my read-in-2023 list, but it kept getting longer and longer and longer. Eventually, I figured out that the thingie that loads more books got confused and froze at 30 books, at which point it reloaded the books from the beginning of my list. No matter how many times I scrolled down, it just loaded the same 30 books, over and over and over and over and over and over. I think it displayed the same 30 books at least 20 times before I got bored.

Yes, I know --- this group isn't for GR bugs; report it to the Contact Us link. But this post is to tell you not to bother. This is a very old bug (it was reported in 2011 - talk about ghosts of bugs past!) and it seems to go away if you change the page size. At least, it did for me when I changed to 50, then 100, then back to "infinite scroll". My advice is to try my work-around if this happens to you.

At least this problem made me laugh (unlike all the bot damage).

I can't imagine wanting to use infinite scroll. I actually keep my pages to 10, that way I know how many entries I have when I use multiple shelves.

Mesembryanthemum wrote: "At least, it did for me when I changed to 50, then 100, then back to "infinite scroll". My advice is to try my work-around if this happens to you."

Thanks, Mes. That's helpful to know.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I can't imagine wanting to use infinite scroll. I actually keep my pages to 10, that way I know how many entries I have when I use multiple shelves."

I love infinite scroll and never look at my books (or others') any other way. It's so much easier to continually hit page down then keep clicking next page.

I have not seen this bug lately, but nothing surprises me any more.

OK! I think clicking "next" far easier than scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll ...

I hate infinite scroll with a vengeance!

:(

Scott wrote: ":("

Don't be sad! Continue to use infinite scroll, as long as I don't have to :)

I'm not fond of infinite scroll, either, but I like to search all the books on a shelf (with browser control-F), which isn't possible with separate pages.

That's when I use it also.

I'm an infinite scroll girl too.

I couldn't imagine having to click next for 30 or 40 pages.

Mesembryanthemum wrote: "I'm not fond of infinite scroll, either, but I like to search all the books on a shelf (with browser control-F), which isn't possible with separate pages."

There is a search box on your shelves that searches just your books not the whole site. I suppose you knew that, but honestly, I don't understand needing to use Ctrl-F on my shelves.

Sandra wrote: "I couldn't imagine having to click next for 30 or 40 pages."

I like the multiple shelves option which cuts down on the number of pages. I might have 16 or 17 pages max. But when I'm really looking for something in particular, I can narrow that with the Export and using the spreadsheet filter options. Also, that file can sort by multiple fields, for example by author then by title.

And this is soo off topic/purpose of the group. I apologize for continuing even after Corinne pointed it out (which she has deleted).

I saw this as a librarian pointing out a workaround for a long-standing, known problem (ie, it's not going to get fixed).

I apologize for posting something that's off topic for this group. As Dobby so kindly suggested, I meant it as a helpful work-around (because librarians shelve books, too). I appreciate your patience as I learn what's OK and what's not OK.