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Please fix your website so I can read your article. There is no scroll bar.

hrjet 13y ago
I can see a scroll-bar but no text (javascript disabled here). What a naive way to design a website! I wouldn't be so snarky if this was a one-off instance. Sadly, this trend is catching up. Edit: Cut down the snarkiness. The OP's openness to criticism is appreciated.
- FarhadG 13y ago
  Will do... Thanks for the suggestion.
  - kaybe 13y ago
    HTTPSeverywhere (ff-plugin) killed it for me, no text but a scrollbar. After disabling - no scrollbar but text.
- Hellenion 13y ago
  The page source is still readable if you need a quick fix, unlike most other "requires javascript" sites.
Groxx 13y ago
I don't see the connection between reading and scroll bars. Are you unable to scroll without a scroll bar (a possibility, but many keys work well too)?
- tremendo 13y ago
  > but many keys work well too For me they don't, not the arrow keys, not PgDn or PgUp, not Vimium compatible (j,k,g,d,u), and since no scrollbar to click only the scroll-wheel allowed me to see the rest of the article. (Chromium 30.0.1599.114 on Ubuntu 13.04)
  - icebraining 13y ago
    I use Vimperator, not Vimium, but I had the same problem. The issue is the initial focus being on the static bar; if you 'tab' once to focus on the article, j/k works again. Alternatively, you can click the article to focus it.
  - Groxx 13y ago
    Ah, yeah, I noticed this a while later. It works if you click on the main article body, but I agree that's an annoying / unnecessary step.
tkirchner 13y ago
Here is a motherfuckingwebsite as an example: http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
- vinceguidry 13y ago
  Please don't do a serious website without a container div limiting the width of the reading area. Most people with laptops keep their browser windows maximized, and resizing the window just to read one article is a huge pain in the ass. I usually just decide not to bother. Otherwise that website's great.
  - teddyh 13y ago
    Well, maybe they shouldn’t do that, then. If they don’t want a web site that wide, they shouldn’t make the web browser window that wide. (Oh, I forgot that the web browser is not an application, but a platform and an OS in its own right, and has replaced the native OS. Silly me.)
    - vinceguidry 13y ago
      One day you nerds will realize that technology serves people, not the other way around. I can't wait for that day.
      - maxerickson 13y ago
        Are you talking about the web browser or the web page here? Or maybe the OS/DE that makes it awkward to split the screen/size the window to reading width? Or the laptop, with it's silly form factor? But sure, everyone that publishes some text better make sure they account for every context that it might get viewed in. In the spirit of offering solutions, here's some code you can use to add a 'Narrow' button to your browser: https://gist.github.com/maxerickson/7771860 https://gist.github.com/maxerickson/7771860
        vinceguidry 13y ago
FarhadG 13y ago
Thanks for the input--should be fixed now.

hrjet 13y ago

I can see a scroll-bar but no text (javascript disabled here). What a naive way to design a website! I wouldn't be so snarky if this was a one-off instance. Sadly, this trend is catching up. Edit: Cut down the snarkiness. The OP's openness to criticism is appreciated.

FarhadG 13y ago
Will do... Thanks for the suggestion.
- kaybe 13y ago
  HTTPSeverywhere (ff-plugin) killed it for me, no text but a scrollbar. After disabling - no scrollbar but text.
Hellenion 13y ago
The page source is still readable if you need a quick fix, unlike most other "requires javascript" sites.

Groxx 13y ago

I don't see the connection between reading and scroll bars. Are you unable to scroll without a scroll bar (a possibility, but many keys work well too)?

tremendo 13y ago
> but many keys work well too For me they don't, not the arrow keys, not PgDn or PgUp, not Vimium compatible (j,k,g,d,u), and since no scrollbar to click only the scroll-wheel allowed me to see the rest of the article. (Chromium 30.0.1599.114 on Ubuntu 13.04)
- icebraining 13y ago
  I use Vimperator, not Vimium, but I had the same problem. The issue is the initial focus being on the static bar; if you 'tab' once to focus on the article, j/k works again. Alternatively, you can click the article to focus it.
- Groxx 13y ago
  Ah, yeah, I noticed this a while later. It works if you click on the main article body, but I agree that's an annoying / unnecessary step.

tkirchner 13y ago

Here is a motherfuckingwebsite as an example: http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

vinceguidry 13y ago
Please don't do a serious website without a container div limiting the width of the reading area. Most people with laptops keep their browser windows maximized, and resizing the window just to read one article is a huge pain in the ass. I usually just decide not to bother. Otherwise that website's great.
- teddyh 13y ago
  Well, maybe they shouldn’t do that, then. If they don’t want a web site that wide, they shouldn’t make the web browser window that wide. (Oh, I forgot that the web browser is not an application, but a platform and an OS in its own right, and has replaced the native OS. Silly me.)
  - vinceguidry 13y ago
    One day you nerds will realize that technology serves people, not the other way around. I can't wait for that day.
    - maxerickson 13y ago
      Are you talking about the web browser or the web page here? Or maybe the OS/DE that makes it awkward to split the screen/size the window to reading width? Or the laptop, with it's silly form factor? But sure, everyone that publishes some text better make sure they account for every context that it might get viewed in. In the spirit of offering solutions, here's some code you can use to add a 'Narrow' button to your browser: https://gist.github.com/maxerickson/7771860 https://gist.github.com/maxerickson/7771860
      - vinceguidry 13y ago

FarhadG 13y ago

Thanks for the input--should be fixed now.