thomasfl16 minutes ago
Just likte this demonstrates the stupidity of infinite scrolling, here is a site that demonstrates how easy it is to manipulate everybody to click click on things that gives us rewards:
voidUpdate21 minutes ago
Might want an epilepsy flashing warning? for things like 666m and 1000m
faeyanpiraat7 minutes ago
How to make it obvious you are from the UK, without mentioning you are from the UK. :D
nayuki3 hours ago
Windows autoscroll makes this game too easy. This feature was introduced a very long time ago, possibly with the IntelliMouse in the year 1996. Press on the scroll wheel (considered to be middle-click) and release the button, which overlays a little scroll guide circle. Move the mouse down to begin scrolling, and don't touch anything else. Click any mouse button to stop scrolling. (Another variant is to click and hold the wheel button, move the mouse down to scroll, and release the button to stop.)
sebastiennight2 hours ago
"Windows" autoscroll? My Mac has had the same behavior for as long as I can remember. Did they copy it?
oneeyedpigeonan hour ago
How do you do this on macOS? I can't find anything under Settings > Mouse and I can't find a way of fluking it with various random gestures. I don't think I'll ever need it, I'm just curious!
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Yes, yes, I know, but the site is designed for mobile devices and for the real pleasure of scrolling, not just cheating. Just for fun ;)
hackerbeat43 minutes ago
Nice! Reminds me of https://gagzap.com/
dolin_chop32 minutes ago
I didn't know about that, thank you for the link.
sebastiennight4 hours ago
Nice. I will now start using it when I feel a compulsive need to escape boredom during unfocused Zoom calls.
A few remarks:
- some sentences (many) seem to be cut off on desktop. I only see, eg. "content to keep the site from going viral" or "around here. We're not that ambitious".
- It's interesting that for users who have their device set to the superior scrolling direction ("reverse" scrolling, drag your fingers up to see what's at the top), your website behaves correctly but gives the opposite feeling. It's the first webpage where I've ever felt like "normal" scrolling (drag your fingers down to pull the page down) would be more natural.
- scrolling for long enough to get the first sound effect was quite a surprise
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Looking forward to your next Zoom meeting ;) That's strange about the cut-off sentences. What device are you using? I'll check it out, because I'm not having any problems on my end. Thank you so much for the great feedback, I really appreciate it!
leni5362 hours ago
Fun. I took out a tape measure to see how accurate it was. It wasn't very accurate. Also the scale on the left scrolls faster than my finger. Fennec(Firefox) on Android.
kevincox22 minutes ago
The scale on the left was also very stuttery. Even when scrolling slow I could see the distance at the bottom updating at a very high frame rate and the scale on the left only moved occasionally which felt awful.
dolin_chop2 hours ago
Right. Thank you very much for the feedback, I'll check it out !
PetitPrincean hour ago
You should add a punchline about training for a thumb war (with a rocky reference ?).
dolin_chopan hour ago
Great idea! I'll do that ! ;) Thanks !
totetsu4 hours ago
iOS health app could track this like steps. Total distance scrolled on your phone.
mrunseen4 hours ago
There was a iOS jailbreak tweak called Treadmill where it exactly done that. Pretty cool to me.
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/31/ryan-petrich-treadm...
2Gkashmiri3 minutes ago
Never owned an iPhone after 3GS because it became prohibitively expensive.
I have so many memories of cydia and there was this itools, some Chinese software that let me do more than iTunes.
Those were the days. I was rocking an html lockdscreen which was pretty cool.
When I got hands on original iPhone back in 2008, I remember my PC having less ram, less storage as that was a handmedown. It was freaking cool to have more compute in hand than what my xp machine did.
dolin_chop3 hours ago
I didn't know that, thank you for the information and for your feedback
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Ahahah, that would be an excellent idea
dolin_chop4 days ago
Small experiment about infinite scrolling.
It converts scrolling into a measurable distance.
The more you scroll, the more the site reminds you you're still scrolling.
dolin_chop2 hours ago
On smartphones for real-world use ! ;)
rkomorn5 hours ago
"This scroll will get you nowhere."
I disagree. It has gotten me to being entertained.
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Ohhhh, thank you, I'm delighted
adzm3 hours ago
Won't this lose precision as you near the limits of a double? Or is it using BigInt behind the scenes?
dolin_chop3 hours ago
It's just standard JS numbers (IEEE-754 doubles), not BigInt.
The distance is accumulated in millimeters, so even if someone somehow scrolled hundreds of kilometers we'd still be far below the 2^53 integer precision limit.
So precision loss shouldn't realistically happen.
orthoxerox4 hours ago
Finally, a website that makes me feel like activating a superpower when I unlock the scroll wheel on my mouse.
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Ahahah. But it's more for your thumb, on mobile.
fredelt3 hours ago
What a great time, accompanied by smiles at the punchlines. I love the idea. Thank you for the time wasted.
dolin_chop3 hours ago
Really happy to read this comment, thank you so much !
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fuidani5 hours ago
you made my day!
dolin_chop4 hours ago
Ahahah, really happy
lekiros3 hours ago
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leosanchez5 hours ago
Did I hear a moan after pausing around 200m ?
dolin_chop4 hours ago
You're not mad
gus_massa2 days ago
Can you add an option to switch to feet? :)
sebastiennight2 hours ago
Most people scroll using their thumbs. Your touchscreen must be quite large
dolin_chopan hour ago
As large as possible ;)
nixass4 hours ago
Why not Fahrenheits while at it?
dolin_chop13 hours ago
But there is no end