Previous and Next Links While Browsing by Tag

February 24, 2013 8:36 PM

When browsings by tag the only page nav links are numbers which takes careful aim to hit on a Nexus 7. "Previous" and "Next" links would greatly ease finger-based navigation.
posted by llin to Feature Requests at 8:36 PM (8 comments total)

This is a pony I could ride, even as someone who usually uses the tag pages on a computer.
posted by deezil at 8:47 PM on February 24

Thanks for the suggestion. We'll give this some thought and discuss it.
posted by pb (staff) at 9:37 PM on February 24

This is a pony I would kiss for all the pages that have numbered links instead of previous/next, like Recent Activity.
posted by lalex at 9:38 PM on February 24 [1 favorite]

Yep, Recent Activity is the page where I'd most appreciate this. It'd make easier for mouse-based people too.
posted by benito.strauss at 10:54 PM on February 24

I don't think I heard that quite right...did you say mouse-based people?
posted by phunniemee at 9:56 AM on February 25 [1 favorite]

That was horrifying.
posted by benito.strauss at 12:06 PM on February 25

We discussed this, and because we don't use Previous/Next anywhere on the site we didn't want to start a new convention that could be confused with the Older/Newer links we already use in many places. As a compromise, we made the page links a little bigger so they'd be a bit easier to tap on mobile devices. You can see an example on the bottom of tag pages, like this one: art on MeFi.
posted by pb (staff) at 10:55 AM on February 28

Thanks, that's a lot better (for me, with my poor mouse control skillz).
posted by benito.strauss at 11:16 AM on February 28