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One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the co

One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

spolu 14y ago
I think there is no parallax in there...
imaan988 14y ago
I agree, but people really should expand on why when they say things like this. I can only imagine that this website was designed by someone using a Macbook (or Magic Trackpad), without realising that not everyone can scroll easily with two fingers, which is extremely short sighted. I have a MBP myself, and I actually enjoyed scrolling through the site, but when I tested it on my Windows PC the animation was jerky and I had to scroll more than I would've liked, overall unenjoyable. I would've closed the page half way through reading and never looked back. Yes, Mac's are awesome, but web designers need to remember that they're not designing for themselves, they're designing to every conceivable person in their target market. Scrolling like this is great, but only in short bursts (Unless you're on a Mac w/ trackpad).
- spolu 14y ago
  That's an interesting perspective. Nice to remember that, when designing UI/web pages!
- novalis 14y ago
  On a windows pc it works real smooth with the mouse wheel scroll or mouse wheel click plus mouse moved under mouse wheel clicked target. Do you have a mouse wheel on your windows pc mouse ? Also, that mac must really be awesome because I don't get any parallax scrolling on windows or linux.
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  - bluespice 14y ago
    Depends on browser and mouse settings (smooth scrolling on/off). However the animation and rendering is just very slow for me on Chrome + quad, about 5-10 FPS. I won't even try on Android. This could have been greatly improved by using CSS3 animations, there's even a drop-in jquery library that makes this an easy fix: http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/ http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/ With that said, the effect is overused and tacky. Message could have been delivered more quickly and elegantly. I felt as if visiting that link was just a waste of time, like watching an old movie I've seen and looking for changes in subtitles.
    - detcherry 14y ago
      Sorry you did not like the effect but thanks for the jquery library! I started using a few parallax plugins, then looked at the great http://johnpolacek.github.com/superscrollorama/ http://johnpolacek.github.com/superscrollorama/ but finally ended up doing my own sauce. Next time, I'll use your link
  - dangrossman 14y ago
    What Windows PC mouse? Desktops have barely accounted for 20% of computer sales since 2010. We're all on laptops.
    - kiiski 14y ago
      I, for one, use a PC mouse with my MacBook Pro.
    - oraj 14y ago
      Oh so you just assume that every laptop user uses the trackpad? Looking at the office I see 4 Windows users with mouses and a macbook user with a mouse. So, yeah the mouse.
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llorca 14y ago
Except there's no parallax.
TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
In general I find parallax scrolling to be an absolutely infuriating user experience. Very low FPS, jerky, and I have to repeatedly stress out my index finger spinning the scroll wheel.

spolu 14y ago

I think there is no parallax in there...

imaan988 14y ago

I agree, but people really should expand on why when they say things like this. I can only imagine that this website was designed by someone using a Macbook (or Magic Trackpad), without realising that not everyone can scroll easily with two fingers, which is extremely short sighted. I have a MBP myself, and I actually enjoyed scrolling through the site, but when I tested it on my Windows PC the animation was jerky and I had to scroll more than I would've liked, overall unenjoyable. I would've closed the page half way through reading and never looked back. Yes, Mac's are awesome, but web designers need to remember that they're not designing for themselves, they're designing to every conceivable person in their target market. Scrolling like this is great, but only in short bursts (Unless you're on a Mac w/ trackpad).

spolu 14y ago
That's an interesting perspective. Nice to remember that, when designing UI/web pages!
novalis 14y ago
On a windows pc it works real smooth with the mouse wheel scroll or mouse wheel click plus mouse moved under mouse wheel clicked target. Do you have a mouse wheel on your windows pc mouse ? Also, that mac must really be awesome because I don't get any parallax scrolling on windows or linux.
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- bluespice 14y ago
  Depends on browser and mouse settings (smooth scrolling on/off). However the animation and rendering is just very slow for me on Chrome + quad, about 5-10 FPS. I won't even try on Android. This could have been greatly improved by using CSS3 animations, there's even a drop-in jquery library that makes this an easy fix: http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/ http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/ With that said, the effect is overused and tacky. Message could have been delivered more quickly and elegantly. I felt as if visiting that link was just a waste of time, like watching an old movie I've seen and looking for changes in subtitles.
  - detcherry 14y ago
    Sorry you did not like the effect but thanks for the jquery library! I started using a few parallax plugins, then looked at the great http://johnpolacek.github.com/superscrollorama/ http://johnpolacek.github.com/superscrollorama/ but finally ended up doing my own sauce. Next time, I'll use your link
- dangrossman 14y ago
  What Windows PC mouse? Desktops have barely accounted for 20% of computer sales since 2010. We're all on laptops.
  - kiiski 14y ago
    I, for one, use a PC mouse with my MacBook Pro.
  - oraj 14y ago
    Oh so you just assume that every laptop user uses the trackpad? Looking at the office I see 4 Windows users with mouses and a macbook user with a mouse. So, yeah the mouse.
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llorca 14y ago

Except there's no parallax.

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago

In general I find parallax scrolling to be an absolutely infuriating user experience. Very low FPS, jerky, and I have to repeatedly stress out my index finger spinning the scroll wheel.