Could you please trust yourself? Seriously.

http://www.lewro.com/design/could-you-please-trust-yourself-seriously

by lewro • 16 years ago

1 2 16 years ago

I didn't read this article because the web design was so bad.

Native scrollbars. We have them. They're 25 years old. For the last decade or so, we've even had these handy scroll wheels that work with them. When you attempt to replace them with your cutesy home-rolled Javascript version and force me to navigate to a button and click it to scroll, you give me every incentive to ignore you.

See (e.g.) the classic Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts:

http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html

lewro• 16 years ago

Thanks for your opinion. You are not the first one who is not a fan of the scrolling function. I understand that it is a risky implementation where some people love it and some hate it. I can only go this director on my personal site where I can test stuff but would not risk it on customer's site. Cheers Lewro

Could you please trust yourself? Seriously.

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