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    1103 points MaxLeiter | 11 comments | 04 Sep 25 05:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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    pavlov ◴[04 Sep 25 07:20 UTC] No.45124523[source]▶
    Really great design.

    This is the unicorn of fancy websites because for once, it actually makes sense to override browser's standard scrolling behavior. The 30-minute timeline on the right provides an obvious context for what you're navigating with the scroll actions, and you wouldn't be able to do that with a regular scrollbar.

    Usually scrolling overrides happen because the designers' mindset was that the site should be a sequence of beautiful slides. They might prototype it as a Keynote presentation that is approved by management. And then some poor web developer gets tasked with building a site that feels like the Keynote slide show that everyone loved, and the only way to do that is to turn scrolling into an annoying "next slide" action.

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    1. tjoff ◴[04 Sep 25 08:33 UTC] No.45125016[source]▶
    Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to.

    I clicked on the two avatars but that didn't get me very far and the only thing left to click was "by alvin chang" but that was about as fruitful as I imagined it would be.

    So I assumed it was a podcast, re-checking that I had audio on etc. But nope, so I checked another browser. Same there... Then I read HN comments, ah ... Great design? ...

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    2. n2d4 ◴[04 Sep 25 08:39 UTC] No.45125051[source]▶
    Same here — once you get the scrolling part it's pretty great, but like you I was stuck at the top for a while. A downwards-pointing arrow on the hero would help a lot here.
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    3. arccy ◴[04 Sep 25 08:47 UTC] No.45125105[source]▶
    If you use a sane browser, the page will have a scrollbar indicator on the right?
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    4. federiconafria ◴[04 Sep 25 09:36 UTC] No.45125357[source]▶
    I was going to say that somehow I knew I had to scroll the first time I entered. But I went back after reading your comment and I have no idea how did I find out the first time, there is no indication that there is content bellow.
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    5. tidbeck ◴[04 Sep 25 11:22 UTC] No.45126002{3}[source]▶
    I have (Firefox on macOS), still easy to miss.
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    6. np1810 ◴[04 Sep 25 11:24 UTC] No.45126014[source]▶
    > Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to.

    > I clicked on the two avatars but that didn't get me very far and the only thing left to click was "by alvin chang" but that was about as fruitful as I imagined it would be.

    Thank god, I wasn’t the only one, just posted a similar comment here.

    7. tasuki ◴[04 Sep 25 11:36 UTC] No.45126111[source]▶
    Same for me. It was immediately obvious I should scroll, but I don't know why.
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    8. allenu ◴[04 Sep 25 11:54 UTC] No.45126252{3}[source]▶
    I was viewing on desktop and the blank space all around made it immediately feel like an article that required a scroll to view the content below the fold.

    Seeing the timestamps change as I scrolled and seeing a progress "bar" update within the speech balloons during the dialogs made it more obvious I just had to scroll to see the content change.

    I do think the progress bar color is low contrast enough that some might not see it and not realize they have to scroll to cause the dialog to update, though.

    9. badc0ffee ◴[04 Sep 25 15:23 UTC] No.45128314{4}[source]▶
    I have Firefox on macOS as well, but I don't see a scroll bar until I start scrolling. Could be because I'm using an external trackpad, and not a mouse.
    10. JoblessWonder ◴[04 Sep 25 19:47 UTC] No.45131476{3}[source]▶
    Firefox in Windows has the tiniest little scrollbar indicator in the top right that honestly blends in very well with the background. I didn't realize I needed to scroll until I came to the comments. I clicked around... got some interaction... but basically left the first time being very confused.
    11. arccy ◴[04 Sep 25 21:12 UTC] No.45132252{4}[source]▶
    On chrome the scroll bar is very visible.

    I don't think you can blame Chrome for this... this is just bad design by Firefox.