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Completely unrelated to the article: Why do sites (like this one) increasingly do some hacky javascript-based non-native-scrolling that makes the UX shit? Is th
by laser 10y ago
Completely unrelated to the article: Why do sites (like this one) increasingly do some hacky javascript-based non-native-scrolling that makes the UX shit? Is this just because I'm on desktop and it's actually well-suited for mobile or something? Or is it just designer-bloat so sites can demonstrate what a special snowflake they are? Or is there some utility I'm missing/am I just being oversensitive?
- csydas 10y agoYou are being a bit over-sensitive probably due to overexposure of this type of stuff, but in the case of the site, it's likely it was just part of a package. I'm thinking you're referring to jQueryUI that is loaded up, and it looks like it's a "nuke for an anthill" situation, where there's likely something in the set of scripts that works for them. It's annoying, but it's probably nothing to get worked up over - they saw something they needed and went for it.
- acchow 10y agoI'm on desktop - feels like native scrolling to me. Safari.
- Cyphase 10y agoSame for me with Firefox on Linux.
- 0xcde4c3db 10y agoI think it's the inner-platform effect [1] in action. Now that the flexibility to do so exists, a lot of modern websites seem to be incrementally recreating the web browser inside the web browser. [1] http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Inner-Platform_Effect http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Inner-Platform_Effect
- Bahamut 10y agoThis was my first thought on this site too, on Chrome on macOS - I closed the website in frustration, it made the reading experience awful.