Comments on: Pegs: Automate display: fixed++ http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mrmass http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-270016 mrmass Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:47:13 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-270016 It works even with Opera! ...NOT!!! It works even with Opera! …NOT!!!

]]> By: pmontrasio http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269736 pmontrasio Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:55 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269736 This is one of those cases that remind us that web apps are different from desktop apps. Pegged scrolling would feel unnatural in the desktop but it's very natural in a web page. That's because we're used to scroll down a page, lose sight of the (mostly) useless header, keep seeing at least part of the navigation menu and read the most important part of the page (just look at your browser now). The kind of scrolling demonstrated by Chris builds on what we're used to do and gives us the benefit of keeping the navigation menu in sight. I didn't check Chris' code thoughtfully yet but maybe it's even possible to keep an horizontal navigation menu in sight and make disappear only the site header above it, e.g.: in the case of Ajaxian, keep the Search, News, Podcasts, etc menu visible at the very top of the page and let disappear only the 50px or so so above it. This is one of those cases that remind us that web apps are different from desktop apps. Pegged scrolling would feel unnatural in the desktop but it’s very natural in a web page. That’s because we’re used to scroll down a page, lose sight of the (mostly) useless header, keep seeing at least part of the navigation menu and read the most important part of the page (just look at your browser now). The kind of scrolling demonstrated by Chris builds on what we’re used to do and gives us the benefit of keeping the navigation menu in sight.

I didn’t check Chris’ code thoughtfully yet but maybe it’s even possible to keep an horizontal navigation menu in sight and make disappear only the site header above it, e.g.: in the case of Ajaxian, keep the Search, News, Podcasts, etc menu visible at the very top of the page and let disappear only the 50px or so so above it.

]]> By: WillPeavy http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269728 WillPeavy Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:36:22 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269728 Cool. I like the demo. . Also, Yahoo uses a similar effect on http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker (watch the ads in the left column as you scroll down) Cool. I like the demo.
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Also, Yahoo uses a similar effect on http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker (watch the ads in the left column as you scroll down)

]]> By: ndluthier http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269727 ndluthier Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:08:42 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269727 Also doesn't work well in Opera 9.62. I didn't know what was going on until i tried it in FF. Also doesn’t work well in Opera 9.62. I didn’t know what was going on until i tried it in FF.

]]> By: kazukin http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269723 kazukin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:06:15 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269723 disaster in ie6 disaster in ie6

]]> By: MattCoz http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269722 MattCoz Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:19:41 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269722 tomh: What do you mean? It scrolls normally without JavaScript. tomh: What do you mean? It scrolls normally without JavaScript.

]]> By: tomh http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269715 tomh Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:27:28 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269715 Sucks that it doesn't degrade well. Doesn't scroll at all with JavaScript turned off. Sucks that it doesn’t degrade well. Doesn’t scroll at all with JavaScript turned off.

]]> By: pendensproditor http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269711 pendensproditor Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:07:08 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269711 I think "Long and Long" is where things will get weird, but unfortunately it isn't in the demo. You'd start losing some control over scrolling specific columns. I think “Long and Long” is where things will get weird, but unfortunately it isn’t in the demo. You’d start losing some control over scrolling specific columns.

]]> By: dallard http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269699 dallard Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:32:16 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269699 I published something very similar in 2006. http://derekallard.com/blog/post/conditionally-sticky-sidebar/ I published something very similar in 2006.
http://derekallard.com/blog/post/conditionally-sticky-sidebar/

]]> By: SchizoDuckie http://ajaxian.com/archives/pegs-automate-display-fixed/comment-page-1#comment-269696 SchizoDuckie Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:25:43 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5341#comment-269696 I don't think it feels weird at all, it feels kind of natural to me. Shouldn't this be a part of browsers instead of interface hackery? I don’t think it feels weird at all, it feels kind of natural to me. Shouldn’t this be a part of browsers instead of interface hackery?

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