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Posted by Dave on December 28, 2004, 2:52 pm
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My web site is not particularly theme-based, but it contains an Art Gallery
I'd like to display in a different perspective. I would like to horizontally
scroll it, rather than vertically - as if the viewer is virtually "walking"
through the gallery. I'm just attempting this to have this part of the page
be different.
Is horizontal scrolling okay, or will it throw our browsers into chaos and
viewers into insanity? If horizontal scrolling is acceptable, how would I
code it to render properly, as opposed to vertical scrolling?
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- Dave
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Posted by C A Upsdell on December 28, 2004, 3:58 pm
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Dave wrote:
> My web site is not particularly theme-based, but it contains an Art Gallery
> I'd like to display in a different perspective. I would like to horizontally
> scroll it, rather than vertically - as if the viewer is virtually "walking"
> through the gallery. I'm just attempting this to have this part of the page
> be different.
>
> Is horizontal scrolling okay, or will it throw our browsers into chaos and
> viewers into insanity? If horizontal scrolling is acceptable, how would I
> code it to render properly, as opposed to vertical scrolling?
People prefer vertical scrolling to horizontal.
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Posted by Harlan Messinger on December 28, 2004, 4:13 pm
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> My web site is not particularly theme-based, but it contains an Art
Gallery
> I'd like to display in a different perspective. I would like to
horizontally
> scroll it, rather than vertically - as if the viewer is virtually
"walking"
> through the gallery. I'm just attempting this to have this part of the
page
> be different.
>
> Is horizontal scrolling okay, or will it throw our browsers into chaos and
> viewers into insanity? If horizontal scrolling is acceptable, how would I
> code it to render properly, as opposed to vertical scrolling?
See my comments in my thread from yesterday, "Wide, Wide Web" for some
perspective. If you do go ahead with this plan, I would recommend providing
an explicit indication that the scroll is horizontal--maybe a bright arrow
with a label "Scroll this way" or something like that. But, seriously,
consider whether the horizontal approach is really an improvement.
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Posted by Uncle Pirate on December 28, 2004, 8:44 pm
Please log in for more thread options Dave wrote:
> My web site is not particularly theme-based, but it contains an Art Gallery
> I'd like to display in a different perspective. I would like to horizontally
> scroll it, rather than vertically - as if the viewer is virtually "walking"
> through the gallery. I'm just attempting this to have this part of the page
> be different.
>
> Is horizontal scrolling okay, or will it throw our browsers into chaos and
> viewers into insanity? If horizontal scrolling is acceptable, how would I
> code it to render properly, as opposed to vertical scrolling?
>
I would not recommend what you are proposing. To display as intended (I
assume no vertical scrolling desired) would require creating the page to
a fixed height browser window; otherwise, you'd scroll both vertically
and horizontally. Viewers already know how to scroll up and down with
ease; and that when you have to scroll horizontally, it's usually
because something is too big (the page designed for large fixed width).
I think it would be unwieldy for users.
With that said, it's very (too) easy to do. Just place a fixed width
object on the page to set the width large enough to fit all your pictures.
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Posted by Arne on December 28, 2004, 9:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options Once upon a time *Dave* wrote:
> My web site is not particularly theme-based, but it contains an Art Gallery
> I'd like to display in a different perspective. I would like to horizontally
> scroll it, rather than vertically - as if the viewer is virtually "walking"
> through the gallery. I'm just attempting this to have this part of the page
> be different.
>
> Is horizontal scrolling okay, or will it throw our browsers into chaos and
> viewers into insanity? If horizontal scrolling is acceptable, how would I
> code it to render properly, as opposed to vertical scrolling?
>
Q: Is horizontal scrolling okay?
A: NO, NO, *NO!*
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/Arne
http://web.telia.com/~u97802964/
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the
young know everything. (Oscar Wilde)
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