dolin_ch (u/dolin_ch)

dolin_ch commented on A useless infinite scroll experiment futile.ch/en/... · Posted by u/dolin_ch

jirigalis · 2 days ago

Tbh, I tried to fake the scrolling as well :D First with the infinet scrolling wheel on my mouse, then with a short console script :D But well played with mobile only recording! You are also totally right with the comparison to instagram scrolling. Same useless thing. Thank you, your "app" is great!

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

Thank you so much for your feedback ;) I really appreciate it! And yes, that's the goal, to criticise endless scrolling on social media. Thank you for your kind words.

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jirigalis · 2 days ago

Yes, I have been warn multiple times - it's absolutely useless. However, I must admit, it's somehow catchy. Love the texts automatically appearing.

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

Ahahah ;) Thank you very much for the feedback, and I'm delighted to have wasted your time ;)

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jirigalis · 2 days ago

Omg, in 3 and half km I realized, that rankings are only for mobile devices! Is there really someone, who scrolled more than 35 km just by using his finger??

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

Sorry ;) Yes, recording is only possible on mobile devices, because otherwise it's far too easy to reach long distances. It's very easy to bypass scrolling on a workstation! And yes, some people have scrolled for an hour and a half :P

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kevincox · 2 days 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_ch · 2 days ago

I'll make a note of that and try to fix it, thank you.

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CodesInChaos · 2 days ago

I'm confused by that thing. After scrolling for a couple of minutes, the animation seems to play on on its own for longer than I cared to wait. Isn't the animation supposed to be coupled to the scrolling?

And it doesn't really feel like scrolling either, since apart from the tiny depth bar on the left, no content scrolls by.

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

That's a fair point.

The punchlines are there mostly to make the empty scroll a bit more entertaining while you go down. But you're right that nothing really scrolls by in the traditional sense.

The idea is more about measuring how far your thumb travels than about browsing actual content.

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adhoc_slime · 2 days ago

crazy level of eye damage from the flashing effects. Turns something cute into something painful, so thanks for that.

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

I'm sorry, I hadn't thought of that! I'll take care of it!

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thomasfl · 2 days 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:

https://neal.fun/stimulation-clicker/

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

Yes, I knew about this site ;)

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voidUpdate · 2 days ago

Might want an epilepsy flashing warning? for things like 666m and 1000m

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

Yes, you're right, I hadn't thought of that! Thank you for your constructive feedback.

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2Gkashmiri · 2 days 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_ch · 2 days ago

The good old days! Still on iPhone, but no more jailbreaking... too restrictive.

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hackerbeat · 2 days ago

Nice! Reminds me of https://gagzap.com/

dolin_ch · 2 days ago

I didn't know about that, thank you for the link.

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