Comment on SearchYC is shutting downparentComments−JshWright15yScroll all the way down.−mortenjorck15yIs that a UI design pattern to decrease server load?There's nothing intrinsically wrong with search in the footer, but it defies 15 years of convention and thus takes a big hit to discoverability.−lanstein15yHow long has it existed? How did I miss this?−jmatt15yYeah I nearly missed it too.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2619736−kooshball15yit's basically unusable for anyone using an auto page loading extension like AutoPatchWork since the auto loaded next page replaces the bottom of the page.
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Scroll all the way down.
Is that a UI design pattern to decrease server load?
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with search in the footer, but it defies 15 years of convention and thus takes a big hit to discoverability.
How long has it existed? How did I miss this?
Yeah I nearly missed it too.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2619736
it's basically unusable for anyone using an auto page loading extension like AutoPatchWork since the auto loaded next page replaces the bottom of the page.