[thelist] vertical scrollbars

Roel Mulder roel.mulder at gmail.com
Sun Apr 28 08:18:58 CDT 2013


An example of successful implemented horizontal scrolling on a
website (although it took me a bit to get used to it) would be
http://hobolobo.net/ Iirc it already was already mentioned in The List for
it's artistic beauty. But then that's a specific website targeting a
specific audience. For any other website the wisdom would suggest to stick
to standardised conventions. My 2c, Cheers.


On 28 April 2013 15:11, Bob Meetin <bobm at dottedi.biz> wrote:

> +1 Vertical
>
> Yes I love a spirited discussion
>
> and the feedback has been helpful.
>
>
>
> On 04/27/2013 08:39 PM, Scott wrote:
>
>> Hassan Schroeder wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Barney Carroll
>>> <barney.carroll at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  reading further down the page for the rest, what makes you think
>>>> they'll be more aware of or willing to scroll to the right?
>>>> On Apr 27, 2013 2:01 PM, "Bob Meetin" <bobm at dottedi.biz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I occasionally run into potential clients who see vertical
>>>>> scrollbars
>>>>>
>>>> Eh, wat? Are we talking about vertical or horizontal scrolling?
>>>
>>> Because "to the right" makes me think *horizontal* ...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder at gmail.com
>>> http://about.me/**hassanschroeder <http://about.me/hassanschroeder>twitter: @hassan
>>>
>> ???
>>
>> I'm with Hassan. This discussion, so far, is a bit confusing. I mean,
>> here... "I occasionally run into potential clients who see vertical
>> scrollbars on some site and like them..." Umm, yes, that would be pretty
>> much every standard page, no? Then, Barney's response seems to indicate
>> that
>> "horizontal scrollbars" was the intended meaning.
>>
>> If so, I agree that using them as a means to keep content "above the fold"
>> is a bad idea. Mess with user expectations at your peril, and after almost
>> two decades of vertical scrolling to read page content, users are
>> accustomed
>> to accessing content that way. Between down-arrow, space bar, scrollbar,
>> and
>> mouse scroll wheel, there are many very convenient ways to scroll
>> vertically. Other than the horizontal scrollbar, how many ways are there
>> to
>> scroll left and right?
>>
>> One way to convince him might be to create a single page that works that
>> way
>> and let him try it out himself. That might get the job done.
>>
>> All this presumes that we're actually talking about horizontal scrollbars.
>> If not, then I'm thoroughly confused... ;-)
>>
>> cheers,
>> scott
>>
>>
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