[IxDA Discuss] alternative to scrolling

[Chris Pallé]

Nice find. I personally like it. It made reading through the entries  
a lot easier. My eyes didn't have to scan simultaneously with the  
scroll which left me feeling less strained.

I think what also adds to the ease-factor is that the ads in the side  
bars line up horizontally. Newspapers and grid layouts help balance  
the page vertically, but this helps keep horizontal lines clean which  
also reduces adjust and strain; that is, my eyes going up and down to  
account for broken horizontal lines.

Thanks, Gabriel.


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On Apr 14, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Gabriel Friedman wrote:

> This may be old hat to everyone else (always begin with a disclaimer),
> but I was interested to see http://www.treehugger.com's answer to
> looooong screens: clickable panels to the right of the main content
> which jump you down to the next "screen" (their term for a discrete
> piece of content).
>
> Technically, it's just a fancied-up local link, but conceptually it's
> pretty interesting. In theory you could have your whole site on one
> screen, with "screens" replacing "pages I'll leave it better minds to
> determine whether that's a good or bad thing, but I find this concept
> intriguing.
>
> One (blatantly obvious, you'd think) problem is the clicks only  
> jump you
> *down* the page. Should be clear that having gone down, someone might
> want to go back *up* (without scrolling, whichb I guess is the  
> whole point)
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> -- 
> Gabriel Friedman
> gabrielfriedmandesign.com
>
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