Re: Feedback on left right scrolling

Okay, I'm gonna get in on this.

I kinda like the horizontal scrolling technique, as it was fresh. It didn't
feel like all the other sites I know of (including my own). Unfortunately,
counter to a comment by Chuck Evans about the scrollwheel, I couldn't use
mine (on a Logitech, the second most popular brand of cursor control
system), so I had to use the horizontal scrollbar. Also, counter to John
Allred's statement (which I may have misinterpreted, as he was discussing
Lynx at the time), I could find the source code and found they presented
this site using an extra-wide table and then segmenting it.

But all my considerations for implementing a similar design to this were
blown away after reading Steve Mount's comments about WebTV. Based on the
simulator I have here (which so far has been pretty close to accurate), the
site becomes a complete nightmare. For those who don't have WebTV or a
simulator, you may see the screen shot of this site, as viewed through
WebTV, at www.zydhek.net/test/ubamy-webtv.jpg. It's not pretty! WebTV does
not allow ANY KIND of horizontal scrolling, so everything was compressed
into little tiny columns. Most of it is unreadable, and the images are
shrunk to microscopic size. It's a shame, too... Horizontal scrolling, when
used effetively and judiciously, could be very interesting indeed!

Kehvan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mount" <steve(at)saltyrain.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 18:59
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> -
> > Michelle Brown
> > Web Site Specialist
> > Student Academic Affairs
> > University of Oregon
> >
> > mab(at)oregon.uoregon.edu
> > (541) 346-1172
>
>

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