I have read another closed thread about the fact a user cannot reach the footer due to the infinite scroll feature. It wasn’t resolved. Concerns were raised about it being a UX issue - which it most certainly is. But it has been brought to my attention because it is an Accessibility issue. The issu…

[image] Claudia_Sarah: the fact a user cannot reach the footer What footer are talking here? Out of the box Discourse doesn’t have any footer, as you can see on pages like Categories - Discourse Meta . That is a conscious design decision as adding a footer on a infinite scrolling website wou…

Thank you for the quick response. Okay, so currently combining an infinite feed and footer creates an inaccessible solution. But that doesn’t have to be the answer. Controls could be placed on the feed to give the user choice between loading more posts or reaching the footer. Is there any scope fo…

[image] Claudia_Sarah: Do you know if any advice around this is provided in documentation somewhere that states this fact: “as adding a footer on a infinite scrolling website would render it inaccessible”? I’m not familiar with existing studies on this area, but it’s certainly a well-know fac…

[image] Falco: I’m not aware of any of our existing paying customers asking for something like this. I am representing a selection of your existing paying customers. Also as I mentioned in my initial post there are other threads discussing this combination and concern which have been dismisse…

[image] Claudia_Sarah: Although the user is giving input i.e. scrolling they are not necessarily intending to activate the infinite scroll, instead the intention may be to reach the footer for additional information or support. Do you think maybe you are barking up the wrong tree, seeing as t…

At the risk of being a bit partisan, I don’t think it’s entirely fair to classify Discourse as a web page? It is a web app and as such blurs the line between web pages and apps. If I approach it as an app that surely changes things significantly? Open it as a PWA and it appears fairly convincingl…

The forum at https://thepavilion.io/ has an extra footer you could use for inspiration. It works well on iOS Safari and less well (or at least differently) on the iOS Discourse app.

Being unable to reach the footer due to infinite scroll is an Accessibility failure

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Jonathan5 September 13, 2021, 6:15pm 6

Do you think maybe you are barking up the wrong tree, seeing as there is no footer?

Maybe you could add text to the top of the page to explain that it is an infinite-scroll page with no footer.

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Being unable to reach the footer due to infinite scroll is an Accessibility failure

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