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Comment by cunidev | Hacker News Reader

It is sad how I intuitively felt the urge to scroll to see if I could zoom in quicker. I think the Web is getting us too used to quick scrolling and just short glimpses of artworks, places or articles, and unable to stop even for a couple of minutes to try to explore the essence of some art and get absorbed by it.

Apologies for making what may sound like the average "edgy teen" comment, but is exactly what I felt in this case.

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But we are still very much absorbed by something, it's just that the individual pieces are blended together into this new thing: The web, or The Scroll.

If you're interested in a more rigorous/academical take on this stuff I recommend checking out Marshall Mcluhan (There are some clips on the YouTube) He wrote about TV in the 60s but his ideas are startlingly relevant and provoking.

I feel this comment a lot. The art work was just amazing but the urge to go all the way down was higher.

I feel this when I watch tv shows and movies from the 70's and 80's

And SNL, but that's another story.

I'm watching plenty of old movies and series in the past couple years, and I usually switch the speed to 1.08 to 1.15 in VLC. That works wonders with stuff from the 60-70-80s.

Quicker? I would've liked it to go slower so I could actually take in the artwork. Mind you I never tried the keyboard, I too have gotten used to things like tutorials and on-screen instructions.

I remember there being a slider control for the speed/direction..

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