Re:Proof School
by nlh on Sunday August 25, 2013 @04:42AM
(#6271390)
I hate to pile on, but perhaps the site creators are reading this and can get some constructive feedback on site improvement:
At least on my iPad (Chrome), I viewed the site and simply scrolled down to the bottom. After that, I had to click the back button 4 or 5 times to get back to HN. That is seriously broken from a usability standpoint. The act of scrolling should never trigger hard URL changes. If you're going to design a single-page, scrollable website (which can be great), you have to make sure the user can go back to where they came from with a single Back action.
At least on my iPad (Chrome), I viewed the site and simply scrolled down to the bottom. After that, I had to click the back button 4 or 5 times to get back to HN. That is seriously broken from a usability standpoint. The act of scrolling should never trigger hard URL changes. If you're going to design a single-page, scrollable website (which can be great), you have to make sure the user can go back to where they came from with a single Back action.