- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:47:05 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 28/03/2019 18:36, Mike Elledge wrote: > When is horizontal scrolling more accessible than vertical scrolling on > a *mobile device*? Always? Never? Sometimes? I would argue (though can't back this up with any hard user research) that for users who can operate a touchscreen, horizontal scrolling (as long as it's not required to read over-long lines of content - so to flick between carousel slides that are never wider than the viewport width) is a lot more natural and easy to do (particularly on a smartphone in portrait mode) than on a desktop. > I know that horizontal scrolling on a desktop is to be avoided, but > horizontal scrolling seems to be, from a design standpoint, acceptable > on a mobile device, to limit the length of page. Assuming you mean "to be avoided" in the context of 1.4.10 Reflow, there's probably some more nuance here (see https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/668, but I'd say it's a valid differentiation to make even on desktop). But yes, on a high level, horizontal scrolling is more unusual on desktop, and not that great since it can't be done easily/quickly just with a scrollwheel on a mouse, for instance. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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