I think that’s a good request in general. Imo Doomscrolling is a symptom of proprietary capitalist applications which shouldn’t be the standard for FOSS. Let’s not make each other addicted.
I made browsing by pages a default in Summit and a lot of users wanted infinite browsing :(. I think giving the users the choice between the two is a good solution. It does feel like most people seem to prefer infinite scrolling however.
I think they are used to it and they expect it. Offering both options seems like a good compromise. One of the options could be promoted more then the other of course.
If you want to give Summit a try, it does have settings for both page indicators (it shows a big page number heading whenever you scroll past a page) and even manual page loading (when you scroll to the end you have to tap a button to load more). You can control these settings individually in Settings > Post List > Auto-load more posts / Show page numbers.
I prefer infinite scroll. Pages wouldn’t make me view less, it would just be more clicks and more inconvenient. So yeah, everyone can use what they like, I’m glad We have The option.
If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, could you please list out the issues you’ve noticed? You can send the feedback as a comment/post in !summit or DM me.
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