by gothep on 4/1/15, 12:53 PM with 22 comments
by _Adam on 4/1/15, 2:54 PM
This kind of interface creates a terrible user experience. I've seen them before, and they always suck. The main issue is that you remove all context from the interaction. I don't know where I am relative to the entirety of the content. Furthermore, I can't jump to the point that I want.
It's disorienting and infuriating, and after about 10 seconds of exercising my middle finger (in multiple ways), I close the tab and add the site to my mental list of "examples of shitty UX".
Fortunately, this isn't the first such example, so I can provide solid evidence of how horrible this concept is. Ironically, it's the Famo.us Angular integration documentation...
by krebby on 4/1/15, 5:57 PM
Mike Bostock wrote a pretty good post about scroll-based storytelling last year: http://bost.ocks.org/mike/scroll/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8551724
by Mithaldu on 4/1/15, 3:57 PM
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10190786/no-js.png
And becomes downright usable and pleasant without CSS:
by aridiculous on 4/1/15, 5:50 PM
This is wonderful execution. It's really hard to create something that's so easy to use. Its API looks surprisingly elegant.
As for the use cases and UX, remember that there's many types of projects. This could be used in a way that helps the UX for some kinds of experiences.
Just because this would be bad for your work, or the sites you like to go to, doesn't mean it's not a perfect fit for certain experiences.
Kudos.
by Mahn on 4/1/15, 2:15 PM
by draugadrotten on 4/1/15, 1:54 PM
by wahsd on 4/1/15, 2:14 PM
by ape4 on 4/1/15, 2:44 PM
by thejaredhooper on 4/1/15, 4:47 PM
I could definitely see this being extended, contained within a frame and used (by intercepting and mimicking scroll actions) in order to present a slideshow in a smooth, consistent manner.
By itself, it's novel. But extended, I could see a few uses for it.
Interesting idea, degrades pretty well (for text only), and I enjoyed scrolling through smoothly with middle-click.
by extc on 4/1/15, 5:52 PM
by matthewrhoden1 on 4/1/15, 4:05 PM
by Bumbaclotmon on 4/2/15, 10:11 AM
by chaosfactor on 4/1/15, 3:53 PM
by bpg_92 on 4/1/15, 2:54 PM