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The Evolution of the Headphone

by jamesbritt on 8/22/14, 4:31 PM with 31 comments

  • by peterwwillis on 8/22/14, 6:00 PM

    Why is the entire internet turning into a 21st-century version of Geocities, with every hack web designer coming up with new and innovative ways to piss off users who just want to see some content? Do designers really think users want to be annoyed by some scrolling display? Are they the internet's new sadists, tempting us with interesting content, only to subject us to by badly designed, incompatible, painful interfaces? I still have nightmares about mouseover pop-up boxes. Leave my god damn scroll wheel alone.
  • by jpetersonmn on 8/22/14, 5:45 PM

    As I scroll through them, the audio from the first section keeps playing until it's done... so if I scroll down to the 2010's its like it's playing 5 layers of audio and I can't even tell what's going on.
  • by mpthrapp on 8/22/14, 5:49 PM

    I can only get the text to display if I scroll down and then back up, and I'm not getting any audio. I disabled uBlock and Disconnect.me and I'm not running any noscript-esque extension. Chrome 36 on Windows Vista.
  • by zarpwerk on 8/22/14, 5:16 PM

    Really interesting & the fact they call Beats by Dre a "fashion accessory" is a subtle middle finger :)
  • by lordbusiness on 8/22/14, 5:53 PM

    Doesn't work in my browser.

    Safari - Version 7.0.6 (9537.78.2) on OS X 10.9.4

  • by ripter on 8/22/14, 6:10 PM

    Site doesn't work. OSX Chrome 36.0.1985.143
  • by PeterWhittaker on 8/23/14, 1:57 PM

    I love this presentation, thought it was pretty slick. Unlike a lot of sites for which I must fiddle with my cookie manager, my ad blocker, and my flash blocker, this one worked great right off the bat, and I really like the multimedia presentation.

    Nice job.

  • by KhalilK on 8/22/14, 5:52 PM

    Ad Blocker is going nuts 300+ blocked 'ads' and still going.
  • by normloman on 8/22/14, 8:19 PM

    Lame attempt by a cordless phone store to score some google-juice. I first thought this was some 7th grader's history report.
  • by michaelbuddy on 8/22/14, 11:34 PM

    ditto, page sucks. It was probably 10 times the work of a regular site and it's not navigable. Sorry whoever built and paid for it. It's really annoying. Please fix, as the content appears good. maybe I should browse with styles off. Use a normal timeline, isn't there timeline.js or something for this kind of project?
  • by geon on 8/22/14, 8:03 PM

    Low contrast, thin text on top of images? Seriously?

    This is completely unreadable.

  • by tonetheman on 8/22/14, 7:32 PM

    Rocket 88 for the win!
  • by yock on 8/22/14, 5:50 PM

    We can argue all day about the use of scroll for navigation, but that would be sad because this is seriously cool.
  • by ginko on 8/22/14, 5:28 PM

    Seriously, when will this "scroll for next page" fad be over? This is completely unusable with a scroll-wheel.
  • by jmount on 8/22/14, 5:28 PM

    Site has a completely unusable user interface.