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I recommend ditching the pseudo-book UX with a page that scrolls vertically (like the rest of the internet). Clicking to navigate through several pages reminds

I recommend ditching the pseudo-book UX with a page that scrolls vertically (like the rest of the internet). Clicking to navigate through several pages reminds me of this tweet I saw the other day. "I like this thing that I'm reading on this website, but I wish it was spread across more pages." –Nobody, Ever Otherwise, looks great

grimtrigger 14y ago
Definitely needs tweaking (use more of the blank space), but I disagree. Scrolling is much more difficult on the eyes, since you need to track the last line you read as it moves vertically. Do this 100 times in a row and it gets pretty annoying.
- CaveTech 14y ago
  There was a really cool project a few months back of a variation of vertical scrolling, where the current page is "peeled" back revealing the next page from top to bottom. The effect was you can read as you normally would but lines are stationary so you don't have to track them. You'd reset your eyes to the top of the page after finishing one. Not sure how I'd track it down sadly.
  - zevyoura 14y ago
    I believe this is the project you're referring to, though it's now integrated into an ebook reader web app: http://www.magicscroll.net/ http://www.magicscroll.net/
  - Monkeyget 14y ago
    You're thinking of magicScroll : http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html
the_watcher 14y ago
I somewhat disagree. I don't like having to wait on page loads, but I much prefer the Kindle-style book scrolling (with no page loads) to vertical. If it doesn't have to load pages, book-style works better for my eyes. I believe there was a Show HN involving a plugin that did this that had some research on why it was preferable.
tubbo 14y ago
I actually liked the "book" UX concept, but I would've liked the viewport to be larger and some JS to make left/right swipe activate pagination. It was so annoying to click through every article. But I like the idea of playing with horizontally-scrolling UIs rather than vertically-scrolling UIs...
julien_c 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Updated: http://www.annotatepg.com/ http://www.annotatepg.com/

grimtrigger 14y ago

Definitely needs tweaking (use more of the blank space), but I disagree. Scrolling is much more difficult on the eyes, since you need to track the last line you read as it moves vertically. Do this 100 times in a row and it gets pretty annoying.

CaveTech 14y ago
There was a really cool project a few months back of a variation of vertical scrolling, where the current page is "peeled" back revealing the next page from top to bottom. The effect was you can read as you normally would but lines are stationary so you don't have to track them. You'd reset your eyes to the top of the page after finishing one. Not sure how I'd track it down sadly.
- zevyoura 14y ago
  I believe this is the project you're referring to, though it's now integrated into an ebook reader web app: http://www.magicscroll.net/ http://www.magicscroll.net/
- Monkeyget 14y ago
  You're thinking of magicScroll : http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html

the_watcher 14y ago

I somewhat disagree. I don't like having to wait on page loads, but I much prefer the Kindle-style book scrolling (with no page loads) to vertical. If it doesn't have to load pages, book-style works better for my eyes. I believe there was a Show HN involving a plugin that did this that had some research on why it was preferable.

tubbo 14y ago

I actually liked the "book" UX concept, but I would've liked the viewport to be larger and some JS to make left/right swipe activate pagination. It was so annoying to click through every article. But I like the idea of playing with horizontally-scrolling UIs rather than vertically-scrolling UIs...

julien_c 13y ago

Thanks for the feedback! Updated: http://www.annotatepg.com/ http://www.annotatepg.com/