New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by spolu » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:31 PM UTC

bluespice wrote: post #4

One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

I think there is no parallax in there...

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by Xion » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:36 PM UTC

The idea seems pretty redundant (Last.fm anyone?) but the landing page is just awesome!

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by imaan988 » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:38 PM UTC

bluespice wrote: post #4

One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

I agree, but people really should expand on why when they say things like this.

I can only imagine that this website was designed by someone using a Macbook (or Magic Trackpad), without realising that not everyone can scroll easily with two fingers, which is extremely short sighted.

I have a MBP myself, and I actually enjoyed scrolling through the site, but when I tested it on my Windows PC the animation was jerky and I had to scroll more than I would've liked, overall unenjoyable. I would've closed the page half way through reading and never looked back.

Yes, Mac's are awesome, but web designers need to remember that they're not designing for themselves, they're designing to every conceivable person in their target market.

Scrolling like this is great, but only in short bursts (Unless you're on a Mac w/ trackpad).

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by llorca » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:39 PM UTC

bluespice wrote: post #4

One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

Except there's no parallax.

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by flux_w42 » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:40 PM UTC

Only login with Facebook == close page and forget about it.

Re: New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage

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Post by spolu » Wed, Jul 04, 2012, 12:41 PM UTC

imaan988 wrote: post #7

bluespice wrote: post #4

One of the worst cases of overusing parallax scrolling I've ever seen. Edit: parallax/tacky, call it what you wish. I was thinking of this while writing the comment: http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/ (note: every great thing can be ruined my misuse, I like that library.)

I agree, but people really should expand on why when they say things like this. I can only imagine that this website was designed by someone using a Macbook (or Magic Trackpad), without realising that not everyone can scroll easily with two fingers, which is extremely short sighted. I have a MBP myself, and I actually enjoyed scrolling through the site, but when I tested it on my Windows PC the animation was jerky an…

That's an interesting perspective. Nice to remember that, when designing UI/web pages!