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After making it all the way to the exoplanets and back to the higgs I nearly gave up before finally realizing I could scroll down. I hate this trend in web des

by Goosey 13y ago

After making it all the way to the exoplanets and back to the higgs I nearly gave up before finally realizing I could scroll down. I hate this trend in web design.

negrit 13y ago
I'm glad I checked the comments here... This design doesn't make sense.
camilo_u 13y ago
Actually I just realized I could scroll with your comment!
atonse 13y ago
Oh geez. I didn't even know you could scroll down. I played around for a bit, thought "ok what's the point of this?" and just moved on.
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angrydev 13y ago
No idea you could scroll down either, I just closed the tab and moved on.
lloeki 13y ago
In all honesty I did scroll but didn't realise it was interactive until reading your comment, bewildered reading about Higgs and planets
untog 13y ago
I blame the trend in UI design to hide scroll bars. On desktop they're perfectly visible and it's not so difficult to work out that you need to scroll.
- abraham 13y ago
  In Chrome on OS X I'm seeing a scroll bar always visible on the I/O page.
  - darrenkopp 13y ago
    Same for Firefox on Windows
Detrus 13y ago
It used to be much worse with flashy microsites. You'd open them and wait minutes for the first page to load. Then click somewhere and wait again. And the UIs would be much more confusing. Scrollwheel would be disabled. This flash throwback at the top with a scroll to the rest of the site that loads instantly is a big step forward.
amaks 13y ago
If you were attentive, you could notice "continue to site" arrow on the very first screen.
- teraflop 13y ago
  It's very light gray text on a white background, with a very thin line weight, and it disappears as soon as you start interacting with the page.
- awj 13y ago
  If your UI requires that users "be attentive" just to discover the content you're trying to convey, then your UI is awful and the user's failure to see it is entirely your fault.
  - ryannevius 13y ago
    Well said. I blame it partially on designer groupthink. Of course design elements (color, typeface, white space, etc) are important...but visitors of your site are interested in consuming content NOW (not a few seconds form now). People are lazy.
    - aasarava 13y ago
      Actually, I'm inclined to bet this was one designer's concept and not the work of many people reviewing prototypes and giving feedback. Design-by-group tends to produce boring, cluttered, seen-it-before layouts with little innovation. This seems to be on the completely opposite end of the spectrum -- with no one saying, "Uh, wait -- I think you need to make it clear that you can scroll for more info." (And also: "Uh, I'm not sure developers are going to take kindly to Google requesting access to their microphones so soon after the NSA revelations.")
      - judk 13y ago
        That's not actually what "groupthink" means, so you aren't really disagreeing.
rumdz 13y ago
Wow, I just did the same thing. I actually wouldn't have scrolled down if it wasn't for your comment.
corresation 13y ago
When Google originally started doing this it was essentially to open people's eyes to the capabilities of HTML. Lately, however, it has just been excessive. In this case it isn't even particularly clever: Click on stuff and stuff happens. If you had to actually align planets or build real molecules / atoms, then cool, but just clicking on highlighted things is not interesting.
tyagis 13y ago
I am starting to see a pattern of subtle hints about the demos this year.
stronglikedan 13y ago
I hate that I have to scroll at all to read a couple hundred words at most, let alone scroll five freakin' times on a 1080 display. Edit: And why in the world am I getting the webcam indicator on this site‽
laureny 13y ago
Also, the page wants to use my microphone, did anyone try to speak to it?
- WalterSear 13y ago
  It fuddles some of the animation sequences at the top of the page. The spinning satellite changes direction on a sound, for example.
piyush_soni 13y ago
What the ... I didn't realize that till I read this post of yours even after playing all those clicking games. I thought since it's far away, may be they only have these animations here and someone shared it only because of them.
cwilson 13y ago
The first slide is to blame, not the overall design. I scrolled from the get-go, but that's because I didn't engage with the "play" button on the first slide which seems like the only thing they want you to do. If there were no way to interact with something in that first slide, you'd scroll.
helpful 13y ago
It seems a lot of responses here were they didn't know they could scroll. I'm in the opposite camp. Didn't notice there was a play option and just scrolled :/
stewdio 13y ago
That’s a shame because selfishly I want everyone to see the second slide which is of the Racer game we unveiled at last year’s I/O. Was a proud moment for us code-play folk ;) http://www.chrome.com/racer http://www.chrome.com/racer
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tikl1 13y ago
I just rage quited because of this loop...
pervycreeper 13y ago
Slightly OT, but how could you tell it was a higgs? What was the icosahedron representing?

by Goosey 13y ago

After making it all the way to the exoplanets and back to the higgs I nearly gave up before finally realizing I could scroll down. I hate this trend in web design.

negrit 13y ago

I'm glad I checked the comments here... This design doesn't make sense.

camilo_u 13y ago

Actually I just realized I could scroll with your comment!

atonse 13y ago

Oh geez. I didn't even know you could scroll down. I played around for a bit, thought "ok what's the point of this?" and just moved on.

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angrydev 13y ago

No idea you could scroll down either, I just closed the tab and moved on.

lloeki 13y ago

In all honesty I did scroll but didn't realise it was interactive until reading your comment, bewildered reading about Higgs and planets

untog 13y ago

I blame the trend in UI design to hide scroll bars. On desktop they're perfectly visible and it's not so difficult to work out that you need to scroll.

abraham 13y ago
In Chrome on OS X I'm seeing a scroll bar always visible on the I/O page.
- darrenkopp 13y ago
  Same for Firefox on Windows

Detrus 13y ago

It used to be much worse with flashy microsites. You'd open them and wait minutes for the first page to load. Then click somewhere and wait again. And the UIs would be much more confusing. Scrollwheel would be disabled. This flash throwback at the top with a scroll to the rest of the site that loads instantly is a big step forward.

amaks 13y ago

If you were attentive, you could notice "continue to site" arrow on the very first screen.

teraflop 13y ago
It's very light gray text on a white background, with a very thin line weight, and it disappears as soon as you start interacting with the page.
awj 13y ago
If your UI requires that users "be attentive" just to discover the content you're trying to convey, then your UI is awful and the user's failure to see it is entirely your fault.
- ryannevius 13y ago
  Well said. I blame it partially on designer groupthink. Of course design elements (color, typeface, white space, etc) are important...but visitors of your site are interested in consuming content NOW (not a few seconds form now). People are lazy.
  - aasarava 13y ago
    Actually, I'm inclined to bet this was one designer's concept and not the work of many people reviewing prototypes and giving feedback. Design-by-group tends to produce boring, cluttered, seen-it-before layouts with little innovation. This seems to be on the completely opposite end of the spectrum -- with no one saying, "Uh, wait -- I think you need to make it clear that you can scroll for more info." (And also: "Uh, I'm not sure developers are going to take kindly to Google requesting access to their microphones so soon after the NSA revelations.")
    - judk 13y ago
      That's not actually what "groupthink" means, so you aren't really disagreeing.

rumdz 13y ago

Wow, I just did the same thing. I actually wouldn't have scrolled down if it wasn't for your comment.

corresation 13y ago

When Google originally started doing this it was essentially to open people's eyes to the capabilities of HTML. Lately, however, it has just been excessive. In this case it isn't even particularly clever: Click on stuff and stuff happens. If you had to actually align planets or build real molecules / atoms, then cool, but just clicking on highlighted things is not interesting.

tyagis 13y ago

I am starting to see a pattern of subtle hints about the demos this year.

stronglikedan 13y ago

I hate that I have to scroll at all to read a couple hundred words at most, let alone scroll five freakin' times on a 1080 display. Edit: And why in the world am I getting the webcam indicator on this site‽

laureny 13y ago

Also, the page wants to use my microphone, did anyone try to speak to it?

WalterSear 13y ago
It fuddles some of the animation sequences at the top of the page. The spinning satellite changes direction on a sound, for example.

piyush_soni 13y ago

What the ... I didn't realize that till I read this post of yours even after playing all those clicking games. I thought since it's far away, may be they only have these animations here and someone shared it only because of them.

cwilson 13y ago

The first slide is to blame, not the overall design. I scrolled from the get-go, but that's because I didn't engage with the "play" button on the first slide which seems like the only thing they want you to do. If there were no way to interact with something in that first slide, you'd scroll.

helpful 13y ago

It seems a lot of responses here were they didn't know they could scroll. I'm in the opposite camp. Didn't notice there was a play option and just scrolled :/

stewdio 13y ago

That’s a shame because selfishly I want everyone to see the second slide which is of the Racer game we unveiled at last year’s I/O. Was a proud moment for us code-play folk ;) http://www.chrome.com/racer http://www.chrome.com/racer

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tikl1 13y ago

I just rage quited because of this loop...

pervycreeper 13y ago

Slightly OT, but how could you tell it was a higgs? What was the icosahedron representing?