Designing Scroll Behavior: When to Save a User’s Place

Designing Scroll Behavior: When to Save a User’s Place

Summary:  Save scroll position when users are likely to compare content in a long static list. One of the fastest ways to frustrate a user is by losing their progress. Imagine this: you scroll, scroll, scroll down a long list…click…read, and hit the Back button, only to land back at the top of the list instead of where you left off. It’s a small moment, but failing to save scroll position increases the interaction cost of using sites with long p…