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Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to. I click

by tjoff 1y ago

Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to. I clicked on the two avatars but that didn't get me very far and the only thing left to click was "by alvin chang" but that was about as fruitful as I imagined it would be. So I assumed it was a podcast, re-checking that I had audio on etc. But nope, so I checked another browser. Same there... Then I read HN comments, ah ... Great design? ...

n2d4 1y ago
Same here — once you get the scrolling part it's pretty great, but like you I was stuck at the top for a while. A downwards-pointing arrow on the hero would help a lot here.
- arccy 1y ago
  If you use a sane browser, the page will have a scrollbar indicator on the right?
  - tidbeck 1y ago
    I have (Firefox on macOS), still easy to miss.
    - badc0ffee 1y ago
      I have Firefox on macOS as well, but I don't see a scroll bar until I start scrolling. Could be because I'm using an external trackpad, and not a mouse.
    - arccy 1y ago
      On chrome the scroll bar is very visible. I don't think you can blame Chrome for this... this is just bad design by Firefox.
  - JoblessWonder 1y ago
    Firefox in Windows has the tiniest little scrollbar indicator in the top right that honestly blends in very well with the background. I didn't realize I needed to scroll until I came to the comments. I clicked around... got some interaction... but basically left the first time being very confused.
federiconafria 1y ago
I was going to say that somehow I knew I had to scroll the first time I entered. But I went back after reading your comment and I have no idea how did I find out the first time, there is no indication that there is content bellow.
- tasuki 1y ago
  Same for me. It was immediately obvious I should scroll, but I don't know why.
  - allenu 1y ago
    I was viewing on desktop and the blank space all around made it immediately feel like an article that required a scroll to view the content below the fold. Seeing the timestamps change as I scrolled and seeing a progress "bar" update within the speech balloons during the dialogs made it more obvious I just had to scroll to see the content change. I do think the progress bar color is low contrast enough that some might not see it and not realize they have to scroll to cause the dialog to update, though.
np1810 1y ago
> Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to. > I clicked on the two avatars but that didn't get me very far and the only thing left to click was "by alvin chang" but that was about as fruitful as I imagined it would be. Thank god, I wasn’t the only one, just posted a similar comment here.

by tjoff 1y ago

n2d4 1y ago

Same here — once you get the scrolling part it's pretty great, but like you I was stuck at the top for a while. A downwards-pointing arrow on the hero would help a lot here.

arccy 1y ago
If you use a sane browser, the page will have a scrollbar indicator on the right?
- tidbeck 1y ago
  I have (Firefox on macOS), still easy to miss.
  - badc0ffee 1y ago
    I have Firefox on macOS as well, but I don't see a scroll bar until I start scrolling. Could be because I'm using an external trackpad, and not a mouse.
  - arccy 1y ago
    On chrome the scroll bar is very visible. I don't think you can blame Chrome for this... this is just bad design by Firefox.
- JoblessWonder 1y ago
  Firefox in Windows has the tiniest little scrollbar indicator in the top right that honestly blends in very well with the background. I didn't realize I needed to scroll until I came to the comments. I clicked around... got some interaction... but basically left the first time being very confused.

federiconafria 1y ago

I was going to say that somehow I knew I had to scroll the first time I entered. But I went back after reading your comment and I have no idea how did I find out the first time, there is no indication that there is content bellow.

tasuki 1y ago
Same for me. It was immediately obvious I should scroll, but I don't know why.
- allenu 1y ago
  I was viewing on desktop and the blank space all around made it immediately feel like an article that required a scroll to view the content below the fold. Seeing the timestamps change as I scrolled and seeing a progress "bar" update within the speech balloons during the dialogs made it more obvious I just had to scroll to see the content change. I do think the progress bar color is low contrast enough that some might not see it and not realize they have to scroll to cause the dialog to update, though.

np1810 1y ago

> Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to. > I clicked on the two avatars but that didn't get me very far and the only thing left to click was "by alvin chang" but that was about as fruitful as I imagined it would be. Thank god, I wasn’t the only one, just posted a similar comment here.