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Just backing away from sites like this is a pain. After scolling down few pages, I need to click back button way too many times just to get back to HN.

jacquesm 12y ago
Yes, it's not 100% optimal. That said, it's trying to tell a story and does so quite effectively using the way most people navigate on page content, using the scroll wheel. The English version is here: http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en The way the page has been coded (using anchors) rather than by figuring out which part to display using the scroll wheel directly could be improved. But form-over-function seems to be all the rage on the web (contrast to say 1995 when this page would have been a much simpler affair without all the eye candy), even if I don't like it. Try looking at the paintings too instead of just being irritated by the scrolling and back button issues.
- DanBC 12y ago
  > using the way most people navigate on page content, using the scroll wheel. Wait what? Who is that most people? Maybe most people you know but certainly not most people in the general population. EDIT: i thought I upvoted you. I was careful with the buttons. But your post is gray so I may have accidetally downvoted. Sorry.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    No problem, I don't think I'll miss that point :) Well, 'most people' not on tablets I guess. Scroll wheels are on just about every mouse now and even mousepads have that functionality. I think the number of people that realizes that 'page down' also works is shrinking as more and more people move to non-keyboard ways of navigation. Does the site work on a tablet?
- jader201 12y ago
  Actually, I didn't even realize the scroll wheel worked, and instead was using the arrow navigation on the right. I typically only assume the scroll wheel works when I see a visual cue such as a scroll bar on the right. And even using the arrow navigation, the experience seems broken, as it wasn't flying in the art until after I clicked down to the next section. I would see the art flying in, but it was too late, as it was moving down to the next section.
vincentleeuwen 12y ago
Would be solved if HN adopted the "open in a new tab" user model.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  Hold down the control key while you click a link.
- weavie 12y ago
  In Firefox, if you pin the tab then any links you click on open in a new tab.
- matthijs_ 12y ago
  Click with scroll wheel.
cstuder 12y ago
Right click the back button, get a menu with direct links to the previous pages.
- bennyg 12y ago
  Also by holding it down.

jacquesm 12y ago

Yes, it's not 100% optimal. That said, it's trying to tell a story and does so quite effectively using the way most people navigate on page content, using the scroll wheel. The English version is here: http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en The way the page has been coded (using anchors) rather than by figuring out which part to display using the scroll wheel directly could be improved. But form-over-function seems to be all the rage on the web (contrast to say 1995 when this page would have been a much simpler affair without all the eye candy), even if I don't like it. Try looking at the paintings too instead of just being irritated by the scrolling and back button issues.

DanBC 12y ago
> using the way most people navigate on page content, using the scroll wheel. Wait what? Who is that most people? Maybe most people you know but certainly not most people in the general population. EDIT: i thought I upvoted you. I was careful with the buttons. But your post is gray so I may have accidetally downvoted. Sorry.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  No problem, I don't think I'll miss that point :) Well, 'most people' not on tablets I guess. Scroll wheels are on just about every mouse now and even mousepads have that functionality. I think the number of people that realizes that 'page down' also works is shrinking as more and more people move to non-keyboard ways of navigation. Does the site work on a tablet?
jader201 12y ago
Actually, I didn't even realize the scroll wheel worked, and instead was using the arrow navigation on the right. I typically only assume the scroll wheel works when I see a visual cue such as a scroll bar on the right. And even using the arrow navigation, the experience seems broken, as it wasn't flying in the art until after I clicked down to the next section. I would see the art flying in, but it was too late, as it was moving down to the next section.

vincentleeuwen 12y ago

Would be solved if HN adopted the "open in a new tab" user model.

jacquesm 12y ago
Hold down the control key while you click a link.
weavie 12y ago
In Firefox, if you pin the tab then any links you click on open in a new tab.
matthijs_ 12y ago
Click with scroll wheel.

cstuder 12y ago

Right click the back button, get a menu with direct links to the previous pages.

bennyg 12y ago
Also by holding it down.