Wow that button is like a portal straight to hell, well done I guess. Most soul destroying thing I have yet encountered.
Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
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Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
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It still amazes me that people tolerate that as a substitute. It's a key combo that requires two hands, for what on a regular keyboard is one finger. Perhaps Mac people never hold a cup of coffee in their hand while using a computer?
On my old Dell xps 14 laptop, the function button was close to the arrow keys, making it very convenient to use one-handed. I actually preferred it to a separate home button, because, in a text box, I often want to jump to the start/end of a line and then move a word or two inward -- do-able using control+arrows. It was almost as good as vim, although of course I had to take my hand off the home row.
Imagine vim editing across all text fields in an OS. Would be glorious.
Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
#173nice tune though while going to top
Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
#174nice tune though while going to top !!
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#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
After 20 years of using keyboards, I have, thanks to this comment, discovered the "Home" button.
This amazes me. Thanks for your honesty, there are probably millions of people who are in the same position. While you're looking down, wouldn't hurt to look at all the different keys and give them a try.
> wouldn't hurt to look at all the different keys and give them a try.
TIL Enter key toggles comment collapsing.
Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
#176Now we need a go to bottom button.
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#177with fucking music, I wasn't prepared for that
yep .. almost blew my ears out :/
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#178Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
#179A lot of people already mentioned here the Home button. Anecdote: for years we kept getting users asking for a back to top button and we always told them to just use the Home button and they thought it was the most amazing thing ever. Most of our users are on Windows.
Anyway, we did end up having to put a Back to top button. It was clear that users just don’t get it. Most people really don’t know what the Home button does.
That, and you should never use the Mailto: link without writing the email as the text itself. Thanks to webmail, most users do not have their browsers configured to open mailto: so they complain that contact email links on their pages don’t work. Sigh....
Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
#180Very good, but it should also be non-functioning 60% of the time due to repairs and/or inspections.
If your elevator is closed 60% of the time for repairs please don’t use it.