SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL DISPLAY OF CONTENT OF A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
Techniques to allow optimized scrolling of information from a social networking system. In one embodiment, bi-directional display of references, such as content, is provided on a computer system, such as a mobile device. References are presented in a first orientation in a scrollable stream. In response to an interaction by a user, presentation of the scrollable stream is transformed from the first orientation to a second orientation. The first orientation may be substantially parallel with a length of an interface of the computer system. The first orientation and the second orientation may be orthogonal. Components of the references are omitted from presentation when the scrollable stream is presented in the first orientation. At least one of the omitted components of the references is included for presentation when the scrollable stream is presented in the second orientation.
1 . A computer implemented method comprising:
presenting, by at least one computing device, in a first orientation references in a scrollable stream; and
in response to an interaction by a user, transforming, by the at least one computing device, presentation of the scrollable stream from the first orientation to a second orientation.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first orientation is vertical.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first orientation and the second orientation are different.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first orientation and the second orientation are orthogonal.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the scrollable stream is a news feed.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the references include news stories.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the scrollable stream is presented in a webpage of a social networking system.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the scrollable stream is associated with activities in a social networking system, the activities including at least one of an article posting, a link posting, a new friendship, a status update, and a photo upload.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction includes selection of a reference in the scrollable stream.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction includes selection of a predetermined component of a reference.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction includes selection of any component of a reference.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is at least one of a mobile device, a tablet device, and a desktop computer.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction includes user action applied to an input system of the computing device.
14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising omitting from presentation components of the references when the scrollable stream is presented in the first orientation.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising including for presentation at least one of the omitted components of the references when the scrollable stream is presented in the second orientation.
16 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising scrolling the scrollable stream in the first orientation and the second orientation.
17 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising scrolling a reference in the first orientation.
18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising allowing toggling between scrolling in the first orientation and the second orientation based on a user action.
19 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to perform:
presenting in a first orientation references in a scrollable stream; and
in response to an interaction by a user, transforming presentation of the scrollable stream from the first orientation to a second orientation.
20 . A computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting in a first orientation references in a scrollable stream; and
in response to an interaction by a user, transforming presentation of the scrollable stream from the first orientation to a second orientation.