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I think vertical scrolling worked well in that case because it was used to display depth. The information you are displaying is literally about going down. Hori
by TheSwordsman 10y ago
I think vertical scrolling worked well in that case because it was used to display depth. The information you are displaying is literally about going down. Horizontal scrolling feels more natural to me here because the point is to show how empty and vast the area between planets is.
The downside is that it's an experience that admittedly only works if you're using a trackpad, or a mouse with good side-scrolling support. So people with laptops / trackpad mice are probably okay.
- ajmurmann 10y agoA little known fact seems to be that if you hold Option (or was it command?) on OS X while using the mouse wheel, you scroll horizontally instead of vertically. Found that out by accident.
- mamon 10y agoAnother little know fact is that you can go through this map just by holding Right arrow.
- the_af 10y agoLeft and right arrow keys also work fine. I had to use them, because the scroll wheel in my mouse doesn't work well.
- tekacs 10y agoThis animates smoothly and is pretty fun to scroll on my phone (the text is a bit small, so perhaps a tablet would be better).
- a3n 10y agoIn space, no one knows which way is down. Vertical scrolling would have worked just fine.