A useless infinite scroll experiment
futile.chWindows autoscroll makes this game too easy. This feature was introduced a very long time ago, possibly with the IntelliMouse in the year 1996. Press on the scroll wheel (considered to be middle-click) and release the button, which overlays a little scroll guide circle. Move the mouse down to begin scrolling, and don't touch anything else. Click any mouse button to stop scrolling. (Another variant is to click and hold the wheel button, move the mouse down to scroll, and release the button to stop.)
You may also be interested in my little modification of middle-scroll behaviour:
"Windows" autoscroll? My Mac has had the same behavior for as long as I can remember. Did they copy it?
How do you do this on macOS? I can't find anything under Settings > Mouse and I can't find a way of fluking it with various random gestures. I don't think I'll ever need it, I'm just curious!
It has never existed natively on Mac OS X.
TIL - after you wrote this, I just tested in Numbers, Brave, and Finder and this behavior did not work.
It seems that it only works in Firefox and I assumed it was an OS-level feature as I've used it so many times (and my most frequent need for such scrolling is the web, so I never noticed it's absent from other software)
Yes, yes, I know, but the site is designed for mobile devices and for the real pleasure of scrolling, not just cheating. Just for fun ;)
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:
Yes, I knew about this site ;)
Might want an epilepsy flashing warning? for things like 666m and 1000m
Yes, you're right, I hadn't thought of that! Thank you for your constructive feedback.
How to make it obvious you are from the UK, without mentioning you are from the UK. :D
Is finding bright flashing fullscreen images annoying, and knowing it can cause medical issues for some people a uniquely british thing?
I didn't mean to be snarky in any way, and I cannot really explain the why, but the following happened:
Read your comment -> wild "commenter must be British" thought appeared -> clicked profile -> co.uk checks out -> I found this whole experience funny enough in the moment to comment.
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.
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.
Nice. I will now start using it when I feel a compulsive need to escape boredom during unfocused Zoom calls.
A few remarks:
- some sentences (many) seem to be cut off on desktop. I only see, eg. "content to keep the site from going viral" or "around here. We're not that ambitious".
- It's interesting that for users who have their device set to the superior scrolling direction ("reverse" scrolling, drag your fingers up to see what's at the top), your website behaves correctly but gives the opposite feeling. It's the first webpage where I've ever felt like "normal" scrolling (drag your fingers down to pull the page down) would be more natural.
- scrolling for long enough to get the first sound effect was quite a surprise
Looking forward to your next Zoom meeting ;) That's strange about the cut-off sentences. What device are you using? I'll check it out, because I'm not having any problems on my end. Thank you so much for the great feedback, I really appreciate it!
iOS health app could track this like steps. Total distance scrolled on your phone.
There was a iOS jailbreak tweak called Treadmill where it exactly done that. Pretty cool to me.
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/31/ryan-petrich-treadm...
I didn't know that, thank you for the information and for your feedback
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.
The good old days! Still on iPhone, but no more jailbreaking... too restrictive.
Ahahah, that would be an excellent idea
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??
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
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!
Yes, I have been warn multiple times - it's absolutely useless. However, I must admit, it's somehow catchy. Love the texts automatically appearing.
Ahahah ;) Thank you very much for the feedback, and I'm delighted to have wasted your time ;)
Small experiment about infinite scrolling.
It converts scrolling into a measurable distance.
The more you scroll, the more the site reminds you you're still scrolling.
On smartphones for real-world use ! ;)
Fun. I took out a tape measure to see how accurate it was. It wasn't very accurate. Also the scale on the left scrolls faster than my finger. Fennec(Firefox) on Android.
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.
I'll make a note of that and try to fix it, thank you.
Right. Thank you very much for the feedback, I'll check it out !
"This scroll will get you nowhere."
I disagree. It has gotten me to being entertained.
Ohhhh, thank you, I'm delighted
You should add a punchline about training for a thumb war (with a rocky reference ?).
Great idea! I'll do that ! ;) Thanks !
Won't this lose precision as you near the limits of a double? Or is it using BigInt behind the scenes?
It's just standard JS numbers (IEEE-754 doubles), not BigInt.
The distance is accumulated in millimeters, so even if someone somehow scrolled hundreds of kilometers we'd still be far below the 2^53 integer precision limit.
So precision loss shouldn't realistically happen.
Finally, a website that makes me feel like activating a superpower when I unlock the scroll wheel on my mouse.
Ahahah. But it's more for your thumb, on mobile.
crazy level of eye damage from the flashing effects. Turns something cute into something painful, so thanks for that.
I'm sorry, I hadn't thought of that! I'll take care of it!
What a great time, accompanied by smiles at the punchlines. I love the idea. Thank you for the time wasted.
Really happy to read this comment, thank you so much !
you made my day!
Ahahah, really happy
Did I hear a moan after pausing around 200m ?
You're not mad
Can you add an option to switch to feet? :)
Most people scroll using their thumbs. Your touchscreen must be quite large
As large as possible ;)
Why not Fahrenheits while at it?
But there is no end