Scrollorama
Dev tools
jquery plugin
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Scrollorama
Well I worked previously as a Flash dev, so guilty as charged, haha Personally, I always hated the overdone…
johnpolacek.github.com#scroll animation#jquery plugin#scroll effects#javascript animation
How HN took it
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 16 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Performance: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth, impressive animations and a great landing page
From 4 comments
Excellent landing page. Epitomizes "show, don't tell"
johns on HNAwesome job! OS X Chrome 16.0.912.63 has some stuttering when using trackpad scrolling, but it's surprisingly smooth for all those animations! By no means is this meant to…
ceol on HNThe bursting lettering at the top was truly unexpected. Bravo.
aridiculous on HNTotally awesome. I'm constantly impressed at the holiday projects that were developed.
lowglow on HN
Objections
Scroll animations are jerky or laggy on many browsers and devices
From 5 comments
Very cool, but I'd hesitate to use it on a production site - it's really jerky if the scroll isn't fluid, like on most PC's.
derekerdmann on HNSadly, these just don't look very good unless you're on a Mac and using a touchpad.
drivebyacct2 on HNThe rollout of the top H1 is downright painful (locked up the browser with 100%+ CPU usage on a C2D MBP 13") in Firefox 12.0a1. Everything else works though. It's all good in…
Trezoid on HNUnfortunately its a does not work well with iOS as it doesn't update until the scroll event is finish -- resulting in a somewhat jumbled and confusing experience without the…
tsunamifury on HNno dice for mobile webkit.
ricardobeat on HN
Animations get in the way of reading and scrolling; style over substance
From 3 comments
Cool plugin, but I can't help but think of that quote—“Scrolling is the new flash.” Not trying to hate on your plugin or code, but I really hate all this scrolling stuff people…
notJim on HNUnless it's done really well and used properly, I think it's a major case of style over substance. If anything, I think it could be better used more subtly. For example, a…
FuzzyDunlop on HNI hate these things, maybe it's just me. Reasons: 1) I use a mouse with a scroll wheel and the default setting is to scroll three lines at once, and I use the scroll wheel a lot.…
buro9 on HN
Breaks keyboard and page-up/down scrolling
From 4 comments
I hate these things, maybe it's just me. Reasons: 1) I use a mouse with a scroll wheel and the default setting is to scroll three lines at once, and I use the scroll wheel a lot.…
buro9 on HNDoesnt work with scroll up/scroll down keys, which I always use.
sn_ on HNpaging looks broken
earle on HNI scroll with page down so this was really confusing at first.
gmjosack on HN
Requests
Fix the broken scrolldeck link
From 2 comments
Awesome plugin and landing page. Minor nitpicking: the "scrolldeck" link is broken.
ot on HNJust a heads-up/reminder: http://johnpolacek.github.com/scrolldeck is broken.
spicyj on HN
Smoother animation with mouse scroll wheel
From 1 comment
Very cool. Nitpick: would be nice if it smoothly animated when using the scrollwheel - it's pretty jumpy using the wheel, but awesomely smooth with the scrollbar.
mmastrac on HN
Questions
Could the Firefox rendering glitch be a security bug?
From 1 comment
Could this be a security bug? Is there other ways scrip+css can take over the rendering, which I guess is done by XUL? Advanced click-jacking?
DrCatbox on HN
Alternatives named
Ben the Bodyguard site
From 1 comment
I just tried out Ben the Bodyguard [1], and honestly, though I see what they're going for, the interaction is not great. For one, as I scroll into the animation, there's a big…
notJim on HN
GroupMe site scrolling effects
From 1 comment
I love the http://www.groupme.com scrolling stuff. It was done tastefully and to great effect.
richardburton on HN
deck.js and reveal.js
From 1 comment
Fixed the scrolldeck link, thanks. That's another plugin I made that is for making html slide deck presentations (similar to deck.js or reveal.js) and uses Scrollorama for…
johnpolacek on HN