JQuery Scroll Path - Scroll a page along a custom path
joelb.me
joelb.me
Some breakages:
* PageUp and PageDown doesn't work.
* Home and End doesn't work.
* Long-clicking the scrollbar doesn't work A: Should react immediately, not on mouseup.
* Long-clicking the scrollbar doesn't work B: Should rapidfire (like with holding down PageDown).
* Middle-clicking the scroll wheel doesn't bring up the analog-ish scroller floater.
(Using Chrome on Win7)
About the middle-click scrolling thing, I've disabled it for now since there doesn't seem to be any way to actually make it work with the custom path.
Also, please note that this is a very experimental plugin and should probably never be used on anything else than a personal site or presentation.
... for the sake of preserving the status quo of default scrollbars, no less?
Come on.
The idea might be good -- most people are right-handed and might have better response times with their right leg when it's straighter. But there's too much inertia in the current convention, and the change can't be made incrementally without creating serious risks.
It doesn't matter whether it breaks the web. It also shows new ways of thinking.
Dont forget that whatever is currently the "rule" is always in flux.
I for one hope that people will continue to "break the web" like this.
At the moment, the background isn't actually being scrolled at all. If I were to apply a patterned background to the element that gets scrolled around, I'd have to increase its size so that the screen always stays inside of it. I'm also not sure how a background image would affect the performance of the rotations.
1) JQuery scrolling this could be neat opens web page
2) OK, lets see this in action. Hits page down That seemed normal. Hits page down again Half the text of this part is outside the view port. Page down again Oh, now its all in frame. I don't really see whats going on here though. Hits page down again, nothing happens Well this is a bust. I can see you, little faux-scrollbar, why can't I go down and see the rest of the document. Clicks on scrollbar to drag it, nothing happens What the fuck little scrollbar? Refreshes page Hey, little scrollbar, you're working now!
3) lynx http://joelb.me/scrollpath/ Wow, much, much, better. Simple, and so much faster to read all the content (the entire page fits into an 80x26 terminal)!
Note to self: highlight scroll path to alleviate user feeling of nausea.. :)
The use of the Tweet count to create the custom "tweet this" message is pretty cool.
The 2 fingered back/forward gestures are instead used for horizontal scrolling (right or down progress further down the page, left or up move back up the page)
Best use I've seen.
Chrome/Win7/Quad-Core i7 3.4GHz + 8GB DDR3 RAM
and the whole thing chugs, to the point where the website is difficult to navigate and parse.
maybe for art.