I might be alone in this but I found it easy to navigate. I'm on a laptop but I expect this would be really nice on a tablet.

Not sure what people are talking about, really, the scrolling is basically unchanged. The native scroll bar exists and is 100% functional. Page-up/down/space just works, seemingly without involving Javascript or anything, and with no delay.

I could select and copy paste the entire text! How refreshing.

The top navigation bar is unobtrusive, functional, and the links are actual anchors, no javascript involved and ready for sharing. In fact, the whole page renders fine (with very minor feature downgrading) with Javascript disabled.

And it looks fantastic on both a 24" desktop screen (Chrome and Firefox) and on a 4" mobile screen, with a typically less-optimised-for browser (Mobile Firefox) to boot. I'm enjoying the high-res, screen filling photos.

Printing doesn't work well, but I think we've all moved on (and like I said, copy paste does work). I can't say for sure how accessible it is, one would think the BBC has some sensitivity for that issue.

Honestly, I think it's fantastic. On the other hand, it looks so polished I haven't even started reading it.

I had some trouble going from section 2 to section 3, but I found that by clicking on the number 3 in the header I could progress.

I agree. Great story, terrible scrolling.

I don't like the format either but I was able to scroll without a problem using Firefox. What browser are you using?

Chrome renders much of the story's text behind images. I think, anyway. It's not a fluid story.

It renders fine in Chrome 36 on my Windows machine here.

Credits say it's built with this: http://shorthand.com/

Good find.

Interestingly, the Shorthand (TM) homepage has noticeable scroll jank near the bottom on my 2012 Macbook Air (Chrome), whereas the BBC site scrolls smoothly as far as I read (part 2/3 I think).

The BBC have done an exceptional job for my platform. :)

Disabling all CSS makes the article very readable. Welcome to the modern web!