THE UI/UX (Paged or Long scroll) SURVEY RESULT

ABIMBOLA JEREMIAH
Jul 22, 2017 · 3 min read

INTRODUCTION:

There’s a debate against pagination, just to justify best practices, for the long scroll on pages. Imagine having 1000 posts on a blog page, would you prefer to scroll down the items or have them paged? This was the survey carried out online with the help of google form and the start-up company that helped to push it wider. D-pia innovations Hub in Lagos (A Tony Elumelu award winner 2017).

SURVEY CONDITIONS

The survey was created on the 10th of July 2017, and it lasted for two weeks. It was opened to all categories of people using mobile phones.

SURVEY PARAMETERS

The parameters used for this survey were;

1. Mobile device OS (Android, IOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone)

2. Screen sizes (4”, 5”, 5.5” 6”, 7”, 10”)

3. Preferred layout (Paged or long scroll)

RESULTS

We needed just 100 responses from the survey, luckily, we got 103, which is a very good benchmark for us. From the results we got, we had an extra response to a survey that we did not intend. Out of 103 persons that responded, 93 used Android OS (90.3%), 2 people used windows OS (1.9%), 4 people used blackberry OS (3.9%) and 4 people used IOS (3.9 %). It is obvious that Android OS has swept the market than all others. To the main results of the survey;

13 (12.6 %) people used 4” (6 choose the long scroll option while 7 chose the Paged option)

30 (29.1%) people used 5” (16 choose the long scroll option while 14 chose the Paged option)

27 (26.2%) people used 5.5” (14 choose the long scroll option while 13 chose the Paged option)

23 (22.3%) people used 6” (12 choose the long scroll option while 11 chose the Paged option)

6 (5.8%) people used 7” (3 choose the long scroll option while 3 chose the Paged option)

4 (3.9%) people used 10” (1 choose the long scroll option while 3 chose the Paged option)

INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION

From the analysis of this survey, it is clear that people with medium sized screens like 5”, 5.5”and 6” preferred to do the long scroll rather than have their items paginated. But the larger screen owners preferred the paged view simply because their devices look more like a book.

In conclusion, since the majority of phones we have today are the medium sized devices as the survey result suggests (30 people for 5”, 27 people for 5.5”), for a very good user experience, it is better to stick to the long scroll but in style so that the page load doesn’t become cumbersome. We can have the first 20 items on the page, just as the user reaches the last item, the next 20 loads together with the former items. This is the best practices.

In summary, as a developer, you need to consider your target audience when developing a mobile app.

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