Here's a dissenting opinion: I hate pagination. Especially when I need to browse through a lot of content. When I scan for something I hate being interrupted every 10 seconds by having to click a tiny pagination target, especially if that target jumps around from page to page. I understand that most infinite scrolling implementations leave out critical functionality like back button support, but that doesn't mean infinite scrolling can't be done well.
Judging by the reasoning people are providing, I only see problems with poor implementation of infinite scrolling, not infinite scrolling itself, solved by better implementation (like your "View all" suggestion).
In truth, your view all suggestion as a way to fix pagination is akin to me making a paginate button to solve infinite scrolling.
