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Re:Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving? by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:37PM (#20465517)
> We could have pagination.

Pagination is a bug, not a feature. Screens are not books.

The only, I repeat ONLY, reason to use pagination on a web page (That isn't incredibly long, such as a table with hundreds of rows) is so you can serve more ads.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving? by fabiomaia on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:15AM (#20468355)
> Pagination is a bug, not a feature. Screens are not books.

I like this.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving? by narshaven on Sunday July 21, 2019 @12:25AM (#20489941)
Very much agree with your thoughts.
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