Jri
Member
I'm not sure where this lives as it's basically just me ranting incoherently about websites that irritate me, so I've dumped it here.
What is the term used to describe these kinds of stacked websites, where all of the content seems to be mushed into a sort of banded arrangement, one item on top of the next on one vertical scrolling page? Usually they're a mess of rollovers that animate as you go past, often with some kind of 'floating' menu that bounces around based on how far you have scrolled.
Example 1
Example 2
The odd thing is that visually, they are usually executed with some kind of design sensibility (the animated movements themselves usually seems to be stable enough, the fonts and palettes are generally OK), but functionally they baffle me.
Is it just me that gets annoyed by the sandwiched-content-scrolly websites? I find them so hard to navigate and overwhelming.
Maybe I'm just used to designing and redesigning a simple user-friendly portfolio site where the M.O. is a basic descriptive menu on the homepage that takes you to a specific and relevant linked page without any peripheral distractions?
Why are they so popular (I just need someone to reassure me that I still have taste and that it's the rest of the world that's wrong!)?
What is the term used to describe these kinds of stacked websites, where all of the content seems to be mushed into a sort of banded arrangement, one item on top of the next on one vertical scrolling page? Usually they're a mess of rollovers that animate as you go past, often with some kind of 'floating' menu that bounces around based on how far you have scrolled.
Example 1
Example 2
The odd thing is that visually, they are usually executed with some kind of design sensibility (the animated movements themselves usually seems to be stable enough, the fonts and palettes are generally OK), but functionally they baffle me.
Is it just me that gets annoyed by the sandwiched-content-scrolly websites? I find them so hard to navigate and overwhelming.
Maybe I'm just used to designing and redesigning a simple user-friendly portfolio site where the M.O. is a basic descriptive menu on the homepage that takes you to a specific and relevant linked page without any peripheral distractions?
Why are they so popular (I just need someone to reassure me that I still have taste and that it's the rest of the world that's wrong!)?