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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 abitsios »

richo wrote: post #5

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..

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)

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

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Post by abitsios »

richo wrote: post #4
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.

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

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

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Post by hayksaakian »

abitsios wrote: post #9
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.

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.
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