[derefr]

You might resent the autoscroll on the website, but did you consider that the group chat program also has an infinite scroll, for chat history? Imagine what a hypothetical scrollbar for the group-chat program would look like if it had one, and if that scrollbar actually represented your relative position in a complete timeline going back to when the chat-group was created. :)

[pseudalopex]

Consider that an actual timeline is a better interface for chat history than an infinitely scrolling log.

[zbentley]

Genuinely curious: what is the difference? Pagination?

What are some examples of the two approaches?