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  "description": "Although pagination is a widely diffused pattern, some times it can still be a bit confusing, when it comes to blogs. Most blogs (and many news sites) have a couple of links at the bottom of the page,...",
  "path": "/blog/pagination-directions",
  "publishedAt": "2008-12-21T09:47:26.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:k4tdr3iybw7ntu4c4dg64af7/site.standard.publication/3mn5s3qvnj22t",
  "tags": [
    "pagination",
    "ui"
  ],
  "textContent": "Although pagination is a widely diffused pattern, some times it can still be a bit confusing, when it comes to blogs.\nMost blogs (and many news sites) have a couple of links at the bottom of the page, newer and older posts or articles. Of course, there are two opposite ways to arrange those links: put the newer link on the left and the older one on the right, or just the opposite. What I consider to be annoying (and confusing), is to find both alternatives used inconsistently across blogs and websites.\nFor example, the Google Blog puts the Newer Posts link on the left,\n\nwhile Worpress places Newer Entries » on the right\n\nConfusing, isn’t it? What is the right way to show those links?\nPagination by itself is quite clear: most web users have long become accustomed to Google search results pagination,\n\nand Yahoo’s Design Patter Library states it clearly:\nPresent links in the following order: ‘Prev’, page links, ‘Next’.\nDisplay a left arrow after the label ‘Prev’.\nDisplay a right arrow before the label ‘Next’.\n\nIn other words, previous goes to the left, while next goes to the right.\nThe problem with blogs and articles is that it’s not clear what should we consider the “previous page”.\nIs it the one with the older (previous) posts? Or, since articles are listed starting from the more recent ones, the page with the more recent posts?\nI think any answer would be debatable, and that’s the source of all the confusion. What would you say?",
  "title": "Pagination directions"
}