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[Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>]

In my use case, the new results would all go into new categories.  It's
not unlikely that some scopes will present a single category; these
would also be able to add results without worry.

We already allow results to pop up in arbitrary positions as they come
in.  Previous versions of my scope retrieved the results one-by-one, and
some of these could end up above my scroll position.  It's slightly
annoying but not that bad, and it would be tolerable in this context
too.  I think it's fine to leave it up to scope authors to use this in a
sensible way, and not disallow it simply because it could be used badly.

I don't understand why the user would need to get back to the top of the
list of results.  Any upwards scroll brings down the header, which
provides controls to alter the current query or quit.  The only reason
you'd need to be at the top of the list would be to refresh the query.
But if you've had to summon more results, the current query isn't
working so well, so why repeat it?

Both of these worries could be addressed by replacing the current
results with the new results, instead of appending the new ones.  I
think that'd feel less natural for the UX point of view, but I haven't
tried either.

I think this fits just fine within the "quick view of data" mentality.
Suppose you have a "nearby businesses" scope that you're using to find a
place to eat.  You happen to be outside a mall and all n results that
the scope loads at first are for the foot court.  You shouldn't have to
say, "I guess that's good enough."  You should be able to easily summon
results for a larger radius and find out what else is around.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1394480

Title:
  Need a mechanism to load more query results

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New
Status in “unity-scopes-api” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “unity-scopes-shell” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Many APIs return only partial results to a query, along with a token
  for requesting further results.  There should be a way for scopes to
  request those results when the user has viewed all of the current
  results.

  The obvious trigger would be when the user pulls up at the bottom of
  the results list.  This feels natural, and it would mirror the pull-
  down-at-top-to-refresh behavior.  But this could also happen
  automatically when the user approaches the bottom of the list, like
  infinite-scroll webpages.

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