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Might be a great article but I had to stop reading since I couldn't bear the scroll hijacking.

by roessland 4y ago

budafish 4y ago
100% agree. Made me feel a bit nauseous.
mdp2021 4y ago
No issue here. It appears your system allows it.
- mdp2021 4y ago
  @Moderators, it very clearly appears from this puzzling case that the downvoting idea instilled in users is broken.
  - krageon 4y ago
    I would say your comment is: - Vague - A variation of "works on my machine" And is therefore tedious and doesn't add anything to the discussion. It deserves the downvotes it gets, because they are for low-quality content.
    - mdp2021 4y ago
      It does not provide a cure for cancer, because its job is simply to inform the user suffering an issue that the experienced issue is not strictly on the server side but depends on the client side. Which appears duly, as a first step in troubleshooting. It informs the user that there are configurations that avoid it, so the user has an orientation to possibly check for alternatives, assess and reconsider local configuration. More details (works on this and that) are avoided for obvious privacy reasons. In the new titles I saw an "is site s down": the information "works here", which you seem to be calling avoidable, is in fact a basic troubleshooting step to reconstruct where the issue is.
nominusllc 4y ago
I did not experience this, my system doesn't allow it
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  How did you configure your browser to not allow websites to hijack how scrolling works?
  - beeboop 4y ago
    Possibly disabling JS, which isn't uncommon for HN users
    - Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
      Ah, yeah I could see that. I tried using NoScript a long time ago and felt it just broke everything and I didn't want to start whitelisting every site I use just to make the web usable. uBlock Origin is good enough for blocking ads and trackers.
jwilk 4y ago
https://archive.today/6Dis6 https://archive.today/6Dis6 may work better.
vrecan 4y ago
Agreed, as soon as I scrolled once and I noticed it I was gone.

Might be a great article but I had to stop reading since I couldn't bear the scroll hijacking.

budafish 4y ago

100% agree. Made me feel a bit nauseous.

mdp2021 4y ago

No issue here. It appears your system allows it.

mdp2021 4y ago
@Moderators, it very clearly appears from this puzzling case that the downvoting idea instilled in users is broken.
- krageon 4y ago
  I would say your comment is: - Vague - A variation of "works on my machine" And is therefore tedious and doesn't add anything to the discussion. It deserves the downvotes it gets, because they are for low-quality content.
  - mdp2021 4y ago
    It does not provide a cure for cancer, because its job is simply to inform the user suffering an issue that the experienced issue is not strictly on the server side but depends on the client side. Which appears duly, as a first step in troubleshooting. It informs the user that there are configurations that avoid it, so the user has an orientation to possibly check for alternatives, assess and reconsider local configuration. More details (works on this and that) are avoided for obvious privacy reasons. In the new titles I saw an "is site s down": the information "works here", which you seem to be calling avoidable, is in fact a basic troubleshooting step to reconstruct where the issue is.

nominusllc 4y ago

I did not experience this, my system doesn't allow it

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
How did you configure your browser to not allow websites to hijack how scrolling works?
- beeboop 4y ago
  Possibly disabling JS, which isn't uncommon for HN users
  - Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
    Ah, yeah I could see that. I tried using NoScript a long time ago and felt it just broke everything and I didn't want to start whitelisting every site I use just to make the web usable. uBlock Origin is good enough for blocking ads and trackers.

jwilk 4y ago

https://archive.today/6Dis6 https://archive.today/6Dis6 may work better.

vrecan 4y ago

Agreed, as soon as I scrolled once and I noticed it I was gone.