Automatic positioning of content items in a scrolling display for optimal viewing of the items

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a display device;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, generate a user interface and cause the system to:
• detect a sequence of scroll gestures performed by a user on the display device, each of the scroll gestures including a contact location, a movement direction, and a release speed at which the user removes a touch input associated with the scroll gesture from the display device;
• in response to receiving a first gesture in the sequence, the release speed of the first gesture being greater than a predefined threshold speed, execute scrolling of a plurality of interactive posts in the display device;
• in response to receiving a second gesture in the sequence, determine whether the release speeds of the second gestures is at or below the predefined threshold speed;
• in response to detecting that the release speed of the second gesture at or below the predefined threshold speed, engage a scroll animation for at least one of the interactive posts;
• and
• in response to the scroll animation being engaged, pause, in the display device, the scrolling of the plurality of interactive posts, the engagement of the scroll animation triggering selecting and arranging at least one interactive post in the plurality of scrolling interactive posts in the display device to be aligned with a display edge of the display device to provide the entirety of the at least one interactive post in the display of the device when the scrolling of the plurality of interactive posts is paused .

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause at least one processor to:

• detect a sequence of scroll gestures performed by a user on a touchscreen display in an electronic device, each of the scroll gestures including a contact location, a movement direction, and a release speed at which the user removes a touch input associated with the scroll gesture from the touchscreen display;
• in response to receiving a first gesture in the sequence, the release speed of the first gesture being greater than a predefined threshold speed, execute scrolling of a plurality of interactive posts in the touchscreen display;
• in response to receiving a second gesture in the sequence, determine whether a release speed of the second gesture is at or below the predefined threshold speed;
• in response to detecting that the release speed of the second gesture is at or below the predefined threshold speed, engage a scroll animation for at least one of the interactive posts;
• and
• in response to the scroll animation being engaged, pause, in the touchscreen display, the plurality of interactive posts according to the scroll animation, the scroll animation triggering selecting and arranging at least one interactive post in the plurality of scrolling interactive posts in the touchscreen display to be aligned with an edge of the touchscreen display to provide the entirety of the at least one interactive post in the display of the device when the scrolling of the plurality of interactive posts is paused.