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The New Republic uses something like this in a cool way. As you scroll down the article, a progress bar on top shows how far you are through the article. Try i
by bdegman 13y ago
The New Republic uses something like this in a cool way. As you scroll down the article, a progress bar on top shows how far you are through the article.
Try it: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114362/odds-clinton-dies-2016 http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114362/odds-clinton-dies-...
- zalew 13y agobecause the browser scrollbar doesn't work well enough?
- jonahx 13y agowhile i mostly agree, it does make it clearer that it's your progress across an entire article: with just the scrollbar you never know if you'll be facing "page 2, 3" links at the bottom.
- bluthru 13y agoIf the article was on one page this wouldn't be an issue.
- tjoff 13y agoIt's still an issue... I often wonder how far an article really goes. A lot of the times there are tons of content below the article, or perhaps just a long commenting thread twice as long as the article itself (or, as stated, a multiple page article (which you don't know about in advance)). I often scroll down for the sole purpose of finding out how long the article is. I really like the information the New Republic conveys (but I dislike having a bar on top like that).
- kamjam 13y agoWhat is it with these sites that break down articles into several pages? NYTimes is a particular culprit that annoys me. Does anyone find an article easier to read in this format? I presume it is to force more Ad views on people?
- mkolodny 13y agoBecause the browser scrollbar indicates where you are in the page, not your progress through an article.
- windsurfer 13y agoWhat if there are 500 comments at the end of the article?
- straws 13y agoLooks as if it's only the length of the article body. A little superfluous, but I can dig it.
- protonormal 13y agoOr you're a Mac OS or iOS user and the scrollbar will be invisible when you're not scrolling.
- bhaak 13y agoSo because one browser developer fucks over its UI, you should fuck over the UI of all other browsers, too?
- lojack 13y agobecause the browser scrollbar isn't necessarily present on a Mac.
- jimbobimbo 13y agoOn touch screens it usually disappears?
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- nXqd 13y agoplease this is not cool at all. Seriously, why we need another scroll bar on top. Because they create cool ngprogress and you want to be creative with it ? Nice try but due to my point of view, this doesn't work.