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I know we're supposed to be reading something on this page, but the scroll UX is so amazing I don't think anyone's going to be able to look past it. There's no

I know we're supposed to be reading something on this page, but the scroll UX is so amazing I don't think anyone's going to be able to look past it. There's no world in which you can: make your website scroll horizontally, disable horizontal scroll, make vertical scrolling actually scroll horizontally and have users be okay with it.

jaquers 7y ago
Also breaks back / forward gestures on Mac.
- rhacker 7y ago
  Was going to say that!
- rahuldottech 7y ago
  Also hijacks `ctrl + scrollwheel` zoom control. Ew.
52-6F-62 7y ago
There is one: Pressreader. I think it does a decent job of it, and doesn't break the gestures. You just may need to exit the "scroll" part of the page (think microfiche reader?). https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20191202/page/4 https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20191202/pag...
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krisfreedain 7y ago
Completely agree. Doesn't even matter what the page says, the scrolling is so bad I left as quickly as I could.
- tudelo 7y ago
  It physically hurts
  - binwiederhier 7y ago
    Same. Left because scrolling.
wlesieutre 7y ago
Each push of my mouse wheel moves the content about one character width. (Firefox 71 on Windows)
- NetOpWibby 7y ago
  That...sounds terrible. I'll look into it.
  - wlesieutre 7y ago
    It appears to give me one pixel per click of the wheel
nkrisc 7y ago
To say nothing of the content, the site is a UX Dumpster™ fire. Look at the home page.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Agreed. I didn't give up on reading it only because I was viewing it on a laptop with a touchscreen, so I dragged my way sideways.
NetOpWibby 7y ago
Until HN I wasn't aware it was a problem. Of course, I didn't conduct user studies either. I use a Magic Trackpad on desktop and basically the same thing on my MBP so it felt natural for me to implement. What's your preferred method of input and platform?

jaquers 7y ago

Also breaks back / forward gestures on Mac.

rhacker 7y ago
Was going to say that!
rahuldottech 7y ago
Also hijacks `ctrl + scrollwheel` zoom control. Ew.

52-6F-62 7y ago

There is one: Pressreader. I think it does a decent job of it, and doesn't break the gestures. You just may need to exit the "scroll" part of the page (think microfiche reader?). https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20191202/page/4 https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20191202/pag...

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krisfreedain 7y ago

Completely agree. Doesn't even matter what the page says, the scrolling is so bad I left as quickly as I could.

tudelo 7y ago
It physically hurts
- binwiederhier 7y ago
  Same. Left because scrolling.

wlesieutre 7y ago

Each push of my mouse wheel moves the content about one character width. (Firefox 71 on Windows)

NetOpWibby 7y ago
That...sounds terrible. I'll look into it.
- wlesieutre 7y ago
  It appears to give me one pixel per click of the wheel

nkrisc 7y ago

To say nothing of the content, the site is a UX Dumpster™ fire. Look at the home page.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Agreed. I didn't give up on reading it only because I was viewing it on a laptop with a touchscreen, so I dragged my way sideways.

NetOpWibby 7y ago

Until HN I wasn't aware it was a problem. Of course, I didn't conduct user studies either. I use a Magic Trackpad on desktop and basically the same thing on my MBP so it felt natural for me to implement. What's your preferred method of input and platform?