[halosghost]

As opposed to overly-engineered websites that hijack [0] scroll-behavior, which only increase anxiety and fury.

ಠ_ಠ

All the best,

-HG

[0]: web-designers take-note, the normal term [1] in the field for doing this refers to violent crime. Think on your sins.

[1]: https://robinrendle.com/notes/scrolljacking/

[dan-g]

From the HN guidelines[0]:

> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[halosghost]

While I fully understand, and try hard to refrain from making such comments, given that the actual point of this article is about stress-relief, but it leverages design patterns which are genuinely awful for accessibility and positive, consistent experiences on the web, it does actually feel topical to me.

Put another way, I do not believe this is about a “tangential” annoyance.

All the best,

-HG

[kbelder]

Right. It's front and center; kind of the most obvious talking point about the article. It arguably generates a much stronger visceral reaction than the actual contents. That's why it's such a bad pattern.

[Loughla]

All the rest of your nonsense aside, why did you sign your comment. You know your name is already attached to that, right?

[halosghost]

What can I say? It's a habit I developed long ago… [0][1]

All the best,

-HG

[0] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1417817#p1417817

[1] for anyone who doesn't have an Arch BBS account: https://0x0.st/8OL4.png

[Loughla]

That's really, really weird. What are you trying to accomplish with all that?

[halosghost]

I don't understand how it is harming anyone—unlike web designers who actively design inaccessible websites—and while I suppose I could offer a reason, I don't particularly feel the need to explain myself.

I am sorry that this seems to have struck a nerve for you. And, as I genuinely mean to convey every time, I wish you…

All the best,

-HG