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Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by bartread » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:08 AM UTC

VectorLock wrote: post #5

marcinzm wrote: post #4

To the author: This website seems to use something called SmoothScroll (edit: a javascript library) which makes my scrolling really really jumpy/janky. I'm using chrome on a MacBook with the touchpad. Made it basically impossible to scroll around the page which in turn made it very difficult for me to read the article.

Was about to post the same. This might be the most frustrating scrolling I've ever encountered.

Messing with native scrolling as a web antipattern is right up there with interfering with copy and paste. I will never understand why people do these things.

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by srswtf123 » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

bartread wrote: post #21

VectorLock wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was about to post the same. This might be the most frustrating scrolling I've ever encountered.

Messing with native scrolling as a web antipattern is right up there with interfering with copy and paste. I will never understand why people do these things.

I don't really understand why browsers allow it!

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by smoldesu » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #4

To the author: This website seems to use something called SmoothScroll (edit: a javascript library) which makes my scrolling really really jumpy/janky. I'm using chrome on a MacBook with the touchpad. Made it basically impossible to scroll around the page which in turn made it very difficult for me to read the article.

Not seeing this on Firefox + Linux

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by gnulinux » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

klodolph wrote: post #16

marcinzm wrote: post #4

To the author: This website seems to use something called SmoothScroll (edit: a javascript library) which makes my scrolling really really jumpy/janky. I'm using chrome on a MacBook with the touchpad. Made it basically impossible to scroll around the page which in turn made it very difficult for me to read the article.

Huh, I didn’t experience this problem. The problem appears to be unique to Chrome. It doesn't show up in Firefox or Safari.

That's really rare! Someone take a photo!

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by macinjosh » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

dsjfalksjdflksa wrote: post #11

To this day osx still doesn't ship with a true plaintext gui editor.

applescript editor?

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by virtue3 » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:12 AM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #4

To the author: This website seems to use something called SmoothScroll (edit: a javascript library) which makes my scrolling really really jumpy/janky. I'm using chrome on a MacBook with the touchpad. Made it basically impossible to scroll around the page which in turn made it very difficult for me to read the article.

windows 10 chrome. Gets real jank whenever I stop scrolling. Not pleasant.

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by mminer237 » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:13 AM UTC

kccqzy wrote: post #18

The bug is fixed now, as the articles notes at the end. I cannot reproduce this at all now. When I put HTML in an actual .txt file, TextEdit opened it showing the markup, not the rendered content. This is regardless of whether in Preferences, I check or uncheck "Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text" checkbox.

He says it was patched in 2020.

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by lopatin » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:14 AM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #4

To the author: This website seems to use something called SmoothScroll (edit: a javascript library) which makes my scrolling really really jumpy/janky. I'm using chrome on a MacBook with the touchpad. Made it basically impossible to scroll around the page which in turn made it very difficult for me to read the article.

Also to the author: This is most likely costing you readers.

Just weighing the pros and cons here:

Pro: People who don't have smooth scrolling mouses will suddenly enjoy smooth scrolling on this website. Even this is a questionable "pro". Most people have scrolling setup how they want it and don't need it fixed on a per-website basis.

Con: Degradating a core function of the computer (scrolling) for people who already have smooth scrolling.

So to summarize: The plugin is not helping anyone read the blog, but it is preventing/annoying many people from reading it.

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by gbh444g » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:14 AM UTC

alpha_squared wrote: post #7

How does something like this wind up on the front page? As of this comment, it was posted 48 minutes ago with 12 points , one other comment, and sits at number 5. It's a self-professed clickbait title, though the content is interesting.

I think each word in the title has a weight. Higher weight -> higher rank. If they found a way to insert "bitcoin" and "climate change" into the title, it would be number 1.

Re: Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong

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Post by bawolff » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 1:15 AM UTC

alpha_squared wrote: post #7

How does something like this wind up on the front page? As of this comment, it was posted 48 minutes ago with 12 points , one other comment, and sits at number 5. It's a self-professed clickbait title, though the content is interesting.

Why not? You yourself just said "though the content is interesting." and the title might be a little clickbaity, but its not that bad. I've seen much worse reach the frontpage.