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Scroll animations
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 4 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Content fades in on scroll, forcing sequential reading instead of jumpingUnreviewed
20182026- Content animates on scroll, making users wait while scanning for what they need2026-06-13
- Content fades in on scroll, forcing users to read sequentially instead of jumping to what they want2026-03-18
- Page feels slow and laggy when scrolling because of the fade effect2026-03-18
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The newest 8 complaints
- Content animates on scroll, making users wait while scanning for what they need2026-06-13
- Content fades in on scroll, forcing users to read sequentially instead of jumping to what they want2026-03-18
- Page feels slow and laggy when scrolling because of the fade effect2026-03-18
- Hijacked scrolling disrupts normal inertia, making scrolling worse2026-03-18
- Scrolling past the header every time they want to reread a sentence2026-03-18
- Users discover the feature only because it is forced on them2026-03-18
- Scroll animation jumps about 20 frames per wheel tick, hard to read text2020-08-27
- Elements barely render in while scrolling, forcing users to wait for them to load2018-03-01