Who says splash pages have to be vertical? YouRad.io's horizontal splash page.

http://blog.yourad.io/new-splashpage/

by abitsios • 14 years ago

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petitmiam• 14 years ago

For me, the vertical scrollbar in my browser is a visual cue that I have the ability to scroll using the scroll-wheel.

If the news page hadn't explained that using the scroll-wheel will scroll the page horizontally, I wouldn't have known to try it.

longneckdeer• 14 years ago

Agree, didn't know I can scroll-wheel to scroll until I saw this comment.

richo2• 14 years ago

I tried it to see what'd happen but the experience hurt my mind.

abitsios4• 14 years ago

I hope there wasn't any permanent damage, I'd feel responsible.

abitsios4• 14 years ago

In an attempt to explain this, I show a message ('Click "Connect" to start using YouRad.io, or scroll right to learn more') if you haven't scrolled after a while (7 or 8 seconds, I think).

richo2• 14 years ago

Cool as a proof of concept- realistically I'd be stunned if this didn't punish your conversions.

The scrolling experience was klunky, and because of the way it cuts off text, you're forced to completely load the new frame and drop all context from the last..

abitsios4• 14 years ago

You'd be stunned if you saw the previous landing page as well. I'm with you on the scrolling experience though - I will try to implement a snap-to-center (or make the panels smaller)

stuffihavemade• 14 years ago

It doesn't scroll as smoothly as a vertical scroll in firefox for me.

hayksaakian2• 14 years ago

In chrome android, the background image moves with the text, leaving a white background.

abitsios4• 14 years ago

That's true on iOS as well (probably). I am not capturing touch events. On the other hand, the app isn't mobile friendly, so this isn't top of my priorities list right now.

hayksaakian2• 14 years ago

That seems like the only time you'd want horizontal scrolling; given that most other computer mice don't scroll left-right and that many laptop touch pads can't either.

herval• 14 years ago

Horizontal scrolling is annoying, and it's becoming sort of a trend... I've seen this in a few sites in the past few weeks, including the redesigned MySpace.

It's confusing and it doesn't add anything to understanding or experience. One of those things that you can do, but probably should not...

jack-r-abbit• 14 years ago

And who says my boxers have to be worn under my pants? No one said that. But I still wouldn't do it because it just doesn't look right.

Who says splash pages have to be vertical? YouRad.io's horizontal splash page.

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