The 'Load more' button is a workaround, no denying that. What is being
forgotten is that this workaround was created when the Channel Player
allowed the viewer to remain on-channel to browse the channel while
playing a video. The 'Load more' button becomes much more problematic
under the new design where clicking a channel's video takes the viewer off-channel, because
place is not remembered and cannot be restored by clicking the Back
button to return to channel. Thus, proper function of the 'Load more'
button depends on the Channel Player, which the new design doesn't use.
Instead, under the new design the viewer is taken off-channel when a
video is clicked, and, consequently, place is lost when viewer returns
to channel. Upon returning to channel, viewer is obliged to perform the tedium of advancing
through 'Load more' increments to find original place in the queue. The
Channel Player was one of the better features of the old design, and it
needs to be retained in order for the 'Load more' workaround to be
usable. |