does scrolling suck?
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- vaxorcist0
content worth scrolling to read or see is a good thing.... in my mind better than clicking and hitting BACK and doing it again....
Run-on writing and meaningless filler stock photos gave scrolling a bad name.... and the press-release cut-paste pile of content from corporate PR people didn't help either.....
- dirtydesign0
sideways scrolling kind of blows though...
- +1 to this, not as intuitive to go left/right with mouse, up/down very naturald_rek
- horizontal scrolling needs buttons to allow transition between horizontal areas.NickInfozure
- vaxorcist0
Lots of fashion photographers use sideways scrolling.... very few seem to use vertical scrolling except in blogs.... has anyone seen a good photographer's portfolio with vertical scrolling?
- vaxorcist0
But seriously, when I'm reading a long article with 4 or 5 pages, I click on PRINT THIS, so I can scroll it all on one page and not have my thought process inturupted by a page reload and have to wait for all the ads,etc...
- cannonball19780
You suffer from "clientcramitallinoneplaceabovet...
Combat that with "it does not look premium".
- inteliboy0
Ever write a post here, re-write it, backspace, re-write... think fuck-it then scroll up and just click another thread?
- vaxorcist0
and of course, given different screen resolutions, "the fold" is a bogus concept now.... I like to show client a mockup on a netbook, and on his desktop at the same time....
- akrokdesign0
suck:a free scrolling. :-)
- ukit0
I think more sites should offer the option of using arrow keys to navigate through blog posts or search results. It's almost always faster than clicking on a next button.
- Ranger0
I'm still trying to convince colleagues that scrolling within windows is bad.
- intVal0
Scroll is normal, two much scroll no.
- detritus0
I personally prefer the single page format, especially when used alongside JQuery and such to provide 'smart' functionality - so much so, this is exactly how I built my last site.
Trouble is, I'm not my users and as I think I've already mentioned here - my users didn't get it.
I'm currently rejigging my site to make sure all the essentials are above, or at least very near to the fold.
*shrugs*
- I should perhaps just concede that I'm not a very brilliant designer...detritus
- ae0
a great example of a scrolling site: http://www.nikesnowboarding.com/…
- fucking awesome siteernexbcn
- almost as awesome as www.rga.comluckyorphan
- Hombre_Lobo0
i much prefer viewing sites with content laid out vertically, so i can just scroll, as opposed to clicking countless times.
its a bit over done but much like blogs etc, its just nice to scroll and not have to click, easier user experience in my eyes.
- jetSkii0
Depends on the type of information in my opinion. If there isn't any need for scrolling, it would seem like a useless feature. However apple, netflix come to mind whom uses scrolling features to make information easily available without having to move between pages.
- neue75_bold0
I'm a bit over scrolling.. mostly since it usually coincides with stock standard blog style layouts... but there are cases where it's the only solution that makes sense (content heavy news sites, et al)
- fyoucher10
Scrolling doesn't suck when you have similar information all on one page and you want to get the big load on your face all at once.
However, it does suck when you only have a paragraph of scrolling content under the fold. Oh let me scroll down so I can read that last sentence. That, sucks.
Personally, I prefer small chunks of information, a main nav, and a left and right button to go in between sections.
- that mentality seems boring.. you arent the viewer, you are the designer..e-pill
- i view and get bored with 1 page "folios" wack ass garbages..e-pill
- who cares for 1 pages sites.. BLAST ME WITH INFO!! every other site is.. and im clicking!!!e-pill
- oh i am just likeyour mother or father or brother.. same as same can be..e-pill
- bring something new to the table dont bring 1990s style.. what is the difference..e-pill
- single page sites.. single click to another site..
kthnxbye..off to a better page!!e-pill - think about that when you formulate your rate and fee..e-pill
- and for users on netbooks, scrolling is normal..vaxorcist