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- dshPls, on 03/17/2008, -6/+39http://www.thehorizontalway.com/ is a great example of a bad idea taken to the next level, with no regard to why it's inherently a ***** way to navigate a website.
- TheHayze, on 03/17/2008, -2/+14The web has always been a Vertical world; making a site longer then 1,000px doesn't make any bit of sense. For one reason: most monitors shipping with computers these days (Dell, HP, etc) have 19" lcds, or 1280x1024. Not everyone is gonna stretch to the side. The best idea, however, is making the webpage fit on one screen, making scrolling a min. Square, or even slightly wide web pages to fit a true niche. As some people are discovering the joy and greatness of wide screen monitors.
Web Design is truly an art, and definitely not a science. I know that's restateing what DshPIs said, but I don't think some are so bright to really gather what he said. No offense to anyone intended. - AL7AIR, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9Backend = Web Developer = The Engineer
Frontend = Web Designer = The Artist - Maxmojo015, on 03/17/2008, -1/+9Is MrBabyMan a bot or just some guy with too much free time?
- thedzigner, on 03/17/2008, -0/+4The Horizontal Way is not trying to lay down a principle. It's not saying that this is to be the future of web design; it's just creative experimentation.
- dshPls, on 03/18/2008, -1/+5Backend has very little to do with design usless you're a really bad designer too...
- climaxdesigns, on 03/17/2008, -0/+4great list
- mustache, on 03/17/2008, -0/+3yes it does.
- wellyuk, on 03/18/2008, -0/+3Yes.
- GuerillaC, on 03/17/2008, -1/+3I think it works for a gallery type site - See: http://www.wantsforsale.com/wants.html - but I agree, for most sites, horizontal is not the way to go.
- pcpimpster, on 03/17/2008, -0/+2->
- element21, on 03/18/2008, -0/+2It doesn't really work well anywhere yet. Its a pain in the ass to scroll across.
- pnmoore, on 03/18/2008, -0/+2Yep, sure does.
- Jibberwalk, on 03/18/2008, -0/+2There has to be a balance between how someone expects a site to behave, and how it actually does. I'd be willing to argue that a designer who designs based on what they think looks good and pushes the limits without paying heed to the way people are expecting to view a site isn't really deserving of his commission.
There is a difference between merely expanding the canvas area (which maintains aspect and vertical reading) and radically changing the way a viewer/reader is expected to utilize and navigate the site. If you expect the user to change how they navigate... the site and the designer's style are inherently flawed -- no matter how "cutting edge" they may think they are being. - kn0xy, on 03/17/2008, -2/+4@dshPls
I do not know where you got started in design, and I get a feeling that the where was not long ago. That is not a new style of navigation, and it is intentionally opposite of what your average site would do. Search the way back machine for groups like Swanky and Hipster, those groups designed outside of the normal 640x (Back then, having a site be 800x wide was pushing the limits.).
Just because you do not care for it does not mean it's crap, someone else could love the hell out of it, and the Designer was sure enough pleased with it enough to upload it and put it out there for the world. - theadvinci, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Great... I collect those.
- grodrigu, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1Actually it probably wouldn't be as bad if I had horizontal scroll on my mouse
- climaxdesigns, on 03/17/2008, -2/+3Hey the site is experiencing a digg effect will be back up in a second or so.
- wellyuk, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1So what are you suggesting? That sites don't scroll and each screenful of text is put on a separate page? If so, that's impractical and inefficient. If not, what are you suggesting about scrolling?
- theadvinci, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1wonderful!
- Dubbsacc, on 03/17/2008, -0/+1Lacks right arrow for me :(
- wellyuk, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1Yes, in an idea world you would have websites that don't scroll. However, this world is made up of documents that are generally longer than an average screen height.
People are used to scrolling down to view documents or edit documents (in Word and the like), so it's really not that much of an issue for or challenge to the user browsing the site. - confusednazgul, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1It's about usability. People have gotten used to a convention, and it's very difficult to change people. Designers like to try new things, but that doesn't mean that the users are going to like it.
- deadsanchez, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1I must instantly close any page that opens up to 100% my resolution. It's a bodily function. (wranglerjeep.com.cn)
- HappyEngineer, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1It doesn't work for me. You must not develop websites. You can't assume things work the same everywhere.
- celticchrys, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1Never heard a British accent where the "h" is dropped on the front of words?
- williamkusumo, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1Did you mean to say "descendants" instead of "ancestors"? Our ancestors will be shocked to see color monitor and they'll probably try to eat the mouse :)
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- TheHayze, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1No, you're right. The idea of "building for the masses" has always been the backbone of web design/programming. There are still a lot of people afraid of technology, and, thus, change. If we change how the web works, we are going to isolate even more of our "audience." Not to mention, piss of a hell of a lot more of the other demographics, like the "tech savvy" digg crew. (No offense intended to anybody. Just sayin' like it is.) Horizontal is the way ti was, has been, and probably ever will be. Like making sure your site works in all the browsers, not just FF, or Opera, or Safari, or IE. Standards are good, that's why we have em! :-)
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1nice!
- kalphegor, on 03/17/2008, -1/+1Thank God that there are other people who understand usability.
- darrenalawi, on 03/18/2008, -0/+0Why do scroll wheels exist on almost every mouse? It's based on demand, scrolling is easier than ever and thats why I think page height should be based on content. Of course all these points are subjective so there is no real right or wrong answer.
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+0I think he meant "wider than 1,000 px" instead of "longer then 1,000px".
- mellenger, on 03/17/2008, -1/+1do you think our ancestors will look at the way that we scrolled down pages the same way that we look at scrolls and think that they are totally impractical?
- jamesallen74, on 03/18/2008, -1/+1I think you're pretty naive/ignorant for not realizing how to spell realize.
- althanis, on 03/18/2008, -2/+2Webdesigners always take creative liberties with their own websites, many times ignoring best practises in favour of aesthetics so as to be able to stand out from the crowd. Most of the time they'd never do what they do on their own site for a client.
I think you're pretty naive/ignorant to not realise this. - deadsanchez, on 03/18/2008, -0/+0dugg for having the color palette of the site and hex values. :)
- rstarr, on 03/17/2008, -1/+1Anyone else shocked at how bad the oriental design pages looked?
- sandraprinsloo1, on 02/18/2009, -0/+0Another great resource to bookmark, thanks
http://digitalphotography.holidaysiam.com/ - climaxdesigns, on 03/17/2008, -2/+2I think the only way it works is if the designer/developer assigns the horizontal scroll to the mouse wheel as default like it is vertically. sadly the site you mentioned doesn't do this
- Rafalatko, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0nice!
- oceandragon, on 11/14/2008, -0/+0Design to xHTML slicing service http://www.9xhtml.com (PSD to HTML)
- APDSD, on 10/09/2008, -0/+0You have to keep all things in consideration, aesthetics, functionality, usability... each designer adds their own spin on what is allowable or not, but 9 times out of 10, if you in it for the business, the client will usually dictate that. They're the ones writing the checks. http://www.anchorpointdesignsd.com/
- darrenalawi, on 03/18/2008, -1/+0I used to view the CSS galleries for inspiration all the time but they do prevent you from creating original designs. They are, however, much better for promoting a site you have designed or indeed your own site. You can generate some descent traffic.
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -2/+1up down scroll works TARD
- Amack77, on 03/17/2008, -2/+0an horizontal ???
- jesuswuzanalien, on 03/18/2008, -3/+1This webserver is slower than
- HungChimp, on 03/17/2008, -3/+1Check out InspirationFolder.com - Largest "css gallery" I've found.
- fLUx1337, on 03/18/2008, -4/+2"CSS galleries can be a great source of inspiration"
In my case, it isn't. I just end up copying a design or it gives me design block where I can't think of anything new! :( -
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