[Tobie Langel:] > We haven't looked at the proposal deeply enough to see if it a proper fit > for the use cases we (Facebook) are mostly interested in (momentum and > infinite scrolling on touch devices), nor whether it is indeed the most > appropriate solution. However, I would like to react to your statement > that solving these use cases is not important for the Web and the CSS > community right now. > > Momentum scrolling is a key part of the user experience on touch devices, > in both native and web applications. Internal experiments we carried out > show a direct correlation between smoothness of scrolling and user > engagement. Not only did users who suffered a degraded scrolling > experience engage less with the app during the experiment. Once the > experiment was finished and their scrolling performance re-established, it > took weeks for them to get back to their initial engagement levels. > [snip] I strongly agree with you and, I think, Dean, that scrolling is hugely important for touch users. Though I find the idea intriguing this is the source of my concern with the proposal: attaching animations to scrolling is not going to make scrolling smoother at the moment.Received on Sunday, 2 December 2012 03:28:37 UTC
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