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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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diff --git a/build/posts/bidirectional-scrolling/index.html b/build/posts/bidirectional-scrolling/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6e58d44..0000000 --- a/build/posts/bidirectional-scrolling/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -<!doctype html> -<html lang="en"> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> - <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> - <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> - <title>Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?</title> - <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> - <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> -</head> - -<nav> - <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> -</nav> - -<main> -<h1 id="bidirectional-scrolling-why-not-both">Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?</h1> -<p>2020-11-09</p> -<p><em>I recently came across Adam Silver’s post <a href="https://adamsilver.io/articles/bidirectional-scrolling-whats-not-to-like/">about the merits and pitfalls of bidirectional scrolling</a></em> and found myself conflicted with the design arguments put forth in the article. It’s a very good article overall, and I suggest giving it a read before digging deeper into my post here.</p> -<h2 id="the-premise">The Premise</h2> -<p>The original article argues that displaying page content via horizontal scrolling (and therefore slightly hiding interactive content) creates a few major issues:</p> -<ul> -<li>it increases the chance users won’t see it</li> -<li>there’s a greater reliance on digital literacy</li> -<li>it’s generally more labour intensive for users</li> -</ul> -<p>Adam also makes a solid statement here:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Having to scroll down and across in a zig zag fashion can be tiresome, especially for people with motor impairments.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>But I don’t believe these issues create a need to completely remove the horizontal “scrolling” design altogether. You can still implement the <code>See All Items</code> category link, while allowing the horizontal content to load in <em>dynamically</em>. Balance is always key.</p> -<h2 id="not-all-at-once-please">Not All At Once, Please!</h2> -<p>So what exactly do I mean by <em>dynamically</em> loading in horizontal content?</p> -<ul> -<li>The user is shown the top 4 items in a given category</li> -<li>From there, the user can use the <code>See All Items</code> link to jump into a full category page</li> -<li>If they so desire, they can begin scroll horizontally in a given category row -<ul> -<li>Once they reach the end of the row, 4 more items will load in automatically to expand the list</li> -<li>To avoid a never-ending list, it might be best to limit total row items to ~20 items. At this point the UI could prompt the user to <code>View All Items</code> in that category.</li> -</ul></li> -</ul> -<p>By loading the row content in piece-by-piece, initial loads for users will be faster and subsequent list items will load quickly as well (since they would limit to a set default - in this case only 4).</p> -<h2 id="final-improvements">Final Improvements</h2> -<p>Below you can find a quick, static version of this concept. Here you can see the horizontal list items, along with their corresponding <code>See All Items</code> links. You’ll have to use your imagination for how new items would load once you each the end of a horizontal row. 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