Earlier quoted context omitted.
Completely agree. Doesn't even matter what the page says, the scrolling is so bad I left as quickly as I could.
It physically hurts
Same. Left because scrolling.
A Personal API
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Re: A Personal API
#22Did anyone manage to read enough of this to see whether this is more than a "wouldn't it be great if.." idea?
Ideas are cheap..
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#23I know we're supposed to be reading something on this page, but the scroll UX is so amazing I don't think anyone's going to be able to look past it. There's no world in which you can: make your website scroll horizontally, disable horizontal scroll, make vertical scrolling actually scroll horizontally and have users be okay with it.
Also breaks back / forward gestures on Mac.
Also hijacks `ctrl + scrollwheel` zoom control. Ew.
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#24Exciting idea! Makes me want to make my own
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#25Scrolling:
Works for me.
Roll the mouse and I get a vertical scroll.
Linux whatever, firefox=latest pushed update from whenever
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#26I know we're supposed to be reading something on this page, but the scroll UX is so amazing I don't think anyone's going to be able to look past it. There's no world in which you can: make your website scroll horizontally, disable horizontal scroll, make vertical scrolling actually scroll horizontally and have users be okay with it.
To say nothing of the content, the site is a UX Dumpster™ fire. Look at the home page.
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#27I don't whether this was posted because the submitter has a particular interest in a "personal API", or if it's discussion fodder for "here's how NOT to do a web UI".
Seriously, do so few people ever say, "hey, honey, come here for a minute and try something for me..."?
(On the off chance that the page author comes to their senses, or a different URL is offered, the current link goes to a page with horizontal scrolling that will wear out your scroll wheel if you try and use it to navigate. One tick of the wheel = one pixel of movement.)
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#28I know we're supposed to be reading something on this page, but the scroll UX is so amazing I don't think anyone's going to be able to look past it. There's no world in which you can: make your website scroll horizontally, disable horizontal scroll, make vertical scrolling actually scroll horizontally and have users be okay with it.
Agreed. I didn't give up on reading it only because I was viewing it on a laptop with a touchscreen, so I dragged my way sideways.
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#29I'm toying around with this idea myself. After some thoughts I created a simple node.js app that provides services like a http server and a spotify api client to module that are autoloaded from some folder.
Whenever I feel like it I can very easily extend this platform by just writing a new javascript file. Currently there are thinks like
* An endpoint to show my currently playing track on spotify
* An endpoint that renders one of my todoist lists as html (my whislist)
* A reporting module that receives webhooks from different backup scripts and sends me a report by mail every day
* Move new songs from a spotify playlist to an archive playlist after a few weeks to keep the playlist "fresh"
Re: A Personal API
#30Did anyone manage to read enough of this to see whether this is more than a "wouldn't it be great if.." idea? Ideas are cheap..
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."