Show HN: Add an iPod Wheel to any website with this JavaScript lib

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10 points·jeanmayer··10 comments

Hey HN! I created a JS lib that mimics the nostalgic experience of scrolling through an iPod click wheel. It’s still a work in progress and not as smooth as I’d like, so I’m planning to refine it. I’d love to get your thoughts and suggestions to make it better!

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Once I reach the bottom of the page I can keep rotating of course and the page doesn't scroll further than the bottom. But if I rotate say 100px past the bottom of the screen I need to rotate backwards 100px before the screen moves up again. Basically there's a counter somewhere that needs to freeze once I hit the bottom of the page.

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thanks for the feedback, I'll take a look into that.

What are you trying to accomplish with this? This feels terrible with a touchpad and it doesn't feel right at all. Maybe the problem is I never had an iPod.

I did this just for fun, not to be useful. Some people like old things and I'm one of them, I love the nostalgia sensation. For example, I also made https://oldestsearch.com/ which gives me the same sensation

Fine :).

Very cool. Adding the old clickwheel clicks while scrolling would be a nice touch as well.

Thanks for sharing. I loved playing with iPod Social which you linked. Really took me back

thank you for sharing your feedback

No worse than cycling the thumb in the YZ dimensions for normal smartphone scrolling!

Thanks,took me back 20 year ago.

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