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This is such a random thing to complain about but I hate these Mac product pages with the animations as you scroll. I guess they are designed for mobile but I n

This is such a random thing to complain about but I hate these Mac product pages with the animations as you scroll. I guess they are designed for mobile but I navigate them on a desktop using a mouse wheel and they always look super clunky.

MBCook 5y ago
Apple does them FAR better than anyone else. I can’t remember if they did it first, or just popularized it, but it works well for what it is. That said, while it looks cool, after the first time you’ve used it it’s just a pain to navigate. I kind of wish it was a separate “intro” page or something. (They’re annoying on mobile too, but work better than desktop)
cwdegidio 5y ago
Yeah, I don't get it. They are such a UX nightmare. My company was trying to implement something like that in our latest redesign of our site and I put my foot down about it. We are in the financial B2B space and I had to explain to the marketing team that people come to our site for information... not to be shown cute animation. Also (I haven't tested Apples take on it), they are often ADA nightmares.
kube-system 5y ago
Mouse wheels mostly just don't have a good input resolution. It's one of the main reasons I stopped using a mouse and switched to an apple trackpad full time. I can't stand static pages that scroll in chunks either.
- dilap 5y ago
  it sucks w/ trackpad too tho! it's just totally breaks any physicality to scrolling it's insane to me that they keep using this
gowld 5y ago
It's terrible on mobile too.
adrianmonk 5y ago
It's like going to the library but someone has hired dancing cheerleaders to grab the book you're trying to read and wave it around so that you're more excited about reading it.
- wmeredith 5y ago
  I'm going to use this example in my next usability review meeting. It's perfect.
dmitriid 5y ago
They used to be quick and smooth on the desktop, too. But it looks like Apple has been taken over by designers in the name only.
scrumbledober 5y ago
the first time they did it i was like wow apple is so good at this stuff this is really cool. It's gotten very old and annoying.
pcurve 5y ago
If you're using Chrome, change the page zoom from 100% to 33% or 50%. It feels so much more normal (to me)
fmos 5y ago
Their pages respect prefers-reduced-motion [1] though. You have the choice to see a static page if you prefer. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...

MBCook 5y ago

Apple does them FAR better than anyone else. I can’t remember if they did it first, or just popularized it, but it works well for what it is. That said, while it looks cool, after the first time you’ve used it it’s just a pain to navigate. I kind of wish it was a separate “intro” page or something. (They’re annoying on mobile too, but work better than desktop)

cwdegidio 5y ago

Yeah, I don't get it. They are such a UX nightmare. My company was trying to implement something like that in our latest redesign of our site and I put my foot down about it. We are in the financial B2B space and I had to explain to the marketing team that people come to our site for information... not to be shown cute animation. Also (I haven't tested Apples take on it), they are often ADA nightmares.

kube-system 5y ago

Mouse wheels mostly just don't have a good input resolution. It's one of the main reasons I stopped using a mouse and switched to an apple trackpad full time. I can't stand static pages that scroll in chunks either.

dilap 5y ago
it sucks w/ trackpad too tho! it's just totally breaks any physicality to scrolling it's insane to me that they keep using this

gowld 5y ago

It's terrible on mobile too.

adrianmonk 5y ago

It's like going to the library but someone has hired dancing cheerleaders to grab the book you're trying to read and wave it around so that you're more excited about reading it.

wmeredith 5y ago
I'm going to use this example in my next usability review meeting. It's perfect.

dmitriid 5y ago

They used to be quick and smooth on the desktop, too. But it looks like Apple has been taken over by designers in the name only.

scrumbledober 5y ago

the first time they did it i was like wow apple is so good at this stuff this is really cool. It's gotten very old and annoying.

pcurve 5y ago

If you're using Chrome, change the page zoom from 100% to 33% or 50%. It feels so much more normal (to me)

fmos 5y ago

Their pages respect prefers-reduced-motion [1] though. You have the choice to see a static page if you prefer. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...