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The scrolling on this website is janky as hell. Looks like they are using some "Smooth scrolling" plugin that makes scrolling not smooth at all. Not sure why na

by Touche 11y ago

The scrolling on this website is janky as hell. Looks like they are using some "Smooth scrolling" plugin that makes scrolling not smooth at all. Not sure why native browser scrolling was insufficient for them, I'm scrolling here in HN all the time and it's perfectly smooth.

Jgrubb 11y ago
Smooth scrolling plugins are vastly more offensive to me than most advertising.
- patates 11y ago
  I really wonder who thought adding lag to a primary browser interaction would make your pages better.
davnn 11y ago
True.. smooth scrolling is only useful for the 5% of users that have a broken or bad touchpad. The dev had one of those I guess :-)
frou_dh 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739
- Touche 11y ago
  I disagree, in this case. This website is from the creator of JavaScript, about a product that is meant to solve, in his words: But the Web today faces a primal threat. And that threat is the web's ad-driven monetization. This site suffers from the same fundamental problem; the owners of it don't care too much about it. It has 114 requests , 3.8MB of content and takes 4 seconds to load. I can't imagine Eich had anything to do with this site or even approved it. I'm guessing he is focused on the company's core product and let Marketing or someone else take care of the site. They then hired the cheapest design firm they could find on Elance, who then outsourced the work to an even cheaper freelancer who took the requirements and plugged together a dozen different jQuery plugins that he/she uses on every project and shipped it as quickly as possible. Because in that business you don't make any money if you spend any more than the absolute minimum amount of time on a project. I mean, they didn't even concat any of their javascript or css. This is web development from the mid-2000s. It truly saddens me that a company with a noble vision couldn't afford to hire a single web developer who is up on modern practices and has good judgment on quality to put this together; would have taken then a week, tops.
kentt 11y ago
I immediately close any site that hijacks my scrolling. Thanks for the warning, will not visit that site.
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slig 11y ago
I believe they're using a javascript plugin that mimics the native smooth scrolling on OS X. And if you're on OS X, the native smooth scrolling conflicts with the plugin and you get that awful janky scrolling.
gnoway 11y ago
What browser/device are you using? It works fine for me on Chrome (both keyed and scroll wheel) and iOS (Safari).
- rhinoceraptor 11y ago
  It's terrible under OS X/Chromium using a Magic Mouse/trackpad.
metafunctor 11y ago
Just block smoothScroll.js in your ad blocker :)

by Touche 11y ago

Jgrubb 11y ago

Smooth scrolling plugins are vastly more offensive to me than most advertising.

patates 11y ago
I really wonder who thought adding lag to a primary browser interaction would make your pages better.

davnn 11y ago

True.. smooth scrolling is only useful for the 5% of users that have a broken or bad touchpad. The dev had one of those I guess :-)

frou_dh 11y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739

Touche 11y ago
I disagree, in this case. This website is from the creator of JavaScript, about a product that is meant to solve, in his words: But the Web today faces a primal threat. And that threat is the web's ad-driven monetization. This site suffers from the same fundamental problem; the owners of it don't care too much about it. It has 114 requests , 3.8MB of content and takes 4 seconds to load. I can't imagine Eich had anything to do with this site or even approved it. I'm guessing he is focused on the company's core product and let Marketing or someone else take care of the site. They then hired the cheapest design firm they could find on Elance, who then outsourced the work to an even cheaper freelancer who took the requirements and plugged together a dozen different jQuery plugins that he/she uses on every project and shipped it as quickly as possible. Because in that business you don't make any money if you spend any more than the absolute minimum amount of time on a project. I mean, they didn't even concat any of their javascript or css. This is web development from the mid-2000s. It truly saddens me that a company with a noble vision couldn't afford to hire a single web developer who is up on modern practices and has good judgment on quality to put this together; would have taken then a week, tops.

kentt 11y ago

I immediately close any site that hijacks my scrolling. Thanks for the warning, will not visit that site.

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slig 11y ago

I believe they're using a javascript plugin that mimics the native smooth scrolling on OS X. And if you're on OS X, the native smooth scrolling conflicts with the plugin and you get that awful janky scrolling.

gnoway 11y ago

What browser/device are you using? It works fine for me on Chrome (both keyed and scroll wheel) and iOS (Safari).

rhinoceraptor 11y ago
It's terrible under OS X/Chromium using a Magic Mouse/trackpad.

metafunctor 11y ago

Just block smoothScroll.js in your ad blocker :)