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Load More Button vs Pagination

Developers should use a Load More Button when dealing with large datasets or content-heavy pages where loading all data at once would be inefficient or overwhelming for users, such as in social media feeds, e-commerce product listings, or news articles meets developers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage. Here's our take.

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Load More Button

Developers should use a Load More Button when dealing with large datasets or content-heavy pages where loading all data at once would be inefficient or overwhelming for users, such as in social media feeds, e-commerce product listings, or news articles

Load More Button

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Developers should use a Load More Button when dealing with large datasets or content-heavy pages where loading all data at once would be inefficient or overwhelming for users, such as in social media feeds, e-commerce product listings, or news articles

Pros

  • +It helps optimize performance by reducing server load and bandwidth usage, while giving users control over how much content they view, which can enhance engagement and reduce bounce rates compared to traditional pagination
  • +Related to: javascript, ajax

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Pagination

Developers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage

Pros

  • +It is essential for APIs to support pagination to allow clients to efficiently retrieve data in chunks, reducing server load and network bandwidth
  • +Related to: api-design, database-query-optimization

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Load More Button if: You want it helps optimize performance by reducing server load and bandwidth usage, while giving users control over how much content they view, which can enhance engagement and reduce bounce rates compared to traditional pagination and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Pagination if: You prioritize it is essential for apis to support pagination to allow clients to efficiently retrieve data in chunks, reducing server load and network bandwidth over what Load More Button offers.

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The Bottom Line
Load More Button wins

Developers should use a Load More Button when dealing with large datasets or content-heavy pages where loading all data at once would be inefficient or overwhelming for users, such as in social media feeds, e-commerce product listings, or news articles

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