[vpaulus]

Whatever it is about, I refused to read because of this silly scrolling/paginating

[firecall]

What the actual heck is going on there!

Maybe they should run some analytics and check the bounce rates!

[posix86]

gottem

[pcmaffey]

*Update: I removed the pagination and scrolling effects. The entire post can be read on a single page now.

(And I didn't need analytics to understand something wasn't working lol.)

[xg15]

> (And I didn't need analytics to understand something wasn't working lol.)

I mean, you did need feedback though - you read a comment on HN, which gave you the feedback, with upvotes on the comment indicating that it's probably an issue that more people care about.

One significant difference is that the feedback was "active", though: Someone actively decided to write the comment and other people probably actively decided to upvote it. I fully agree that this is a way better way of feedback than effectively putting up hidden cameras everywhere and surveiling every step of your users without them knowing.

[didntcheck]

But you did need user feedback, which analytics would help with

[ale42]

It was fine using the ← and → keys on my keyboard for page change. But it's a bit counter-intuitive...

[notpushkin]

Came to say exactly this. I can read it if I try hard enough to scroll exactly as the author intended, but it feels super weird.

[floodle]

Sometimes it scrolls down, sometimes it pages left. And if you want to go back using the browser you will have to click click click through each page!

[CharlesW]

I thought it was neat, but scrolling broke at page 4 so I had to use the widget along the left edge to get to page 5.

[artyom]

A case for not holding my scrollbar hostage

[posix86]

Yeah idk what to do on mobile, and don't care enough

[isodev]

I can’t even figure out how to open the article beyond the intro. There are some things websites can just leave to the browser.

[pibefision]

impossible to read and to follow the narrative

[intrasight]

And reader is greyed. Literally and figuratively there nothing there. You didn't miss anything. The irony is not lost.

[ChrisArchitect]

damn, came to post same aside: what is this weird storybook/scrolling-in-all-directions UI