Re: Feedback on left right scrolling

Personally, I think it works, because it appears they were careful to
prevent both horizontal and vertical scrolling, and they segment the pages
so that you do not have to scroll right and left to read one sentence.  I
think if you're careful to follow similar guidelines, this could be an
interesting way of presenting a web page ... but you're right that it is
counter to the general web paradigm, and that could lead to confusion for
some.  Do all browsers support right and left scrolling?  I'm thinking of
WebTV users in particular...

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----- Original Message -----
From: Michelle Brown <mab(at)OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:25 PM
Subject: Feedback on left right scrolling


> Hi everyone!
>
> I work for the University of Oregon and my focus is primarily on our
> Enrollment Services branch...   One of the staff members there saw a page
> that really impressed her.
>
> http://www.buffalo.edu/admissions/freshman
>
> Customization stuff and content aside...  check out the "My Life" Pages on
> the right
>
> The pages scroll left to right.  The admissions folks seem to really like
> this, my question is what do all you experts think.  My gut reaction was
to
> say "I don't know if that scrolling side to side is a good thing" its not
> intuitive to people who have been using the web...
>
> Visually it seems to work okay (with their backgrounds) but do you think
> that web users are ready for changes like this.  Anyhow, thanks in advance
> for your comments.
>
> -Michelle
>
>
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> Michelle Brown
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