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

#1

Post by abitsios » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 1:56 AM UTC

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

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Post by petitmiam » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 2:10 AM UTC

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.

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

#3

Post by longneckdeer » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 2:12 AM UTC

petitmiam wrote: post #2

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.

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

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

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Post by richo » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 2:47 AM UTC

petitmiam wrote: post #2

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.

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

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#5

Post by richo » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 2:48 AM UTC

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..

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#6

Post by stuffihavemade » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 2:49 AM UTC

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

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

#7

Post by hayksaakian » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 4:31 AM UTC

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

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

#8

Post by herval » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 4:59 AM UTC

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...

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

#9

Post by abitsios » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 9:27 AM UTC

hayksaakian wrote: post #7

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

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.

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

#10

Post by abitsios » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 9:30 AM UTC

petitmiam wrote: post #2

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.

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).