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I can't focus with this circle thing.
by JoeOfTexas 4y ago
I can't focus with this circle thing.
- JamesianP 4y agoI scrolled it off the bottom and used the mouse wheel. Still annoying though since I like to keep my place with the mouse pointer.
- keyle 4y agoThanks, I went from "neat!" to "arghghlgh" in 3 seconds tops. Why bother writing words if you're going to deface them with a chew toy? Ironically "how not to drive your web content off a cliff" applies here.
- MereInterest 4y agoSame. Based on a glance through the minimized JS here[0], it looks like it's a custom animation implemented using GreenSock's "TweenLite" [1]. I'm crossing fingers that this isn't a sign of a larger trend. [0] https://sarahguo.com/script/minify/blog-post-text-min.js https://sarahguo.com/script/minify/blog-post-text-min.js [1] https://greensock.com/tweenlite https://greensock.com/tweenlite
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- googlryas 4y agoThe content actually looks really nice on mobile. But on desktop it is a travesty. We left these cursor modifiers behind in the early 2000s for a reason.
- Affric 4y agoI don't like it a lot as an implementation but thinking about how I read webpages I will often highlight sections of text I am reading as I go so I don't actually hate it as an idea. I also enjoy reading non-narrative physical books with a pointer. EDIT: I think I find the blueness intrusive. I would prefer a smaller yellow circle with pure black text maybe.
- eMSF 4y agoAgreed. I can't even tell if the circle is the worst thing, but it doesn't behave like a cursor as it moves off the screen while scrolling, but jumps back (with visual noise) when the mouse if moved even 1px. Anyway, this grabbed my focus and I did not finish reading the article.
- Wowfunhappy 4y ago> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- daguava 4y agoThis transcends tangential - it's so annoying it's unusable.
- pvg 4y agoThe guideline is there specifically because these things are super annoying. So annoying that talking about them can eat up the whole thread, as this thing is threatening to do.
- kllrnohj 4y agoThe guideline seems to be about the common annoyances. That massive yellow thing is definitely not common, and personally had me immediately "nope" off the page.
- pvg 4y agoNo the guideline is about not filling threads with one's irritation, however righteous. If it was too annoying to read, that's regrettable but largely interesting to the person who didn't read it. If a wasp is pestering you the entire time you read a piece you probably don't feel the urge to comment about it on HN right? Same thing.
- daguava 4y agoI'm sure the New Yorker wouldn't tolerate this level of irritation. Or were you not shown there? Maybe they can't use you.
- tolciho 4y agoLooks fine in w3m. Granted, the modern web mostly stopped being usable years and years ago...
- gruez 4y agoIt's even more annoying than usual because if you disable scripts you'll find that there's no cursor at all, because the page's css has main { cursor: none; }
- daguava 4y agoMaybe this entire website should be re-submitted as an anti-user experience.
- imperialdrive 4y agoCan't figure out what the purpose of the circle is.
- dpbriggs 4y agoFirefox reader mode made it readable for me.
- salmaic 4y agoRunning these two lines in the browser console removes the circle and restores the cursor: document.querySelectorAll('.container-mouse,.mouse-pointer,.circle-path').forEach(n => n.remove()); document.getElementsByTagName('main')[0].style.cursor = 'initial';
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- sour-taste 4y agoPaste in console to remove: var style = document.createElement('style'); style.innerHTML = ` main { cursor: auto} .mouse-pointer {display: none} .container-mouse {display: none} `; document.head.appendChild(style);
- dang 4y agoregisteredcorn posted a workaround. I've pinned it to the top of the thread. Let's stay on topic now please.
- jasmer 4y agoIt's brutal. For an otherwise bit of decent advice, that is some really bad design.