Website Scrolling Issues

Comments focus on complaints about non-native, custom scrolling behaviors like smooth scrolling, scroll hijacking, and inertial effects on websites, often describing them as frustrating or poorly implemented. Some discuss alternatives or praise smooth implementations, but criticism dominates.

➡️ Stable 0.6x Web Development
3,359
Comments
20
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#3152
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2007
5
2008
13
2009
42
2010
87
2011
131
2012
267
2013
286
2014
256
2015
222
2016
160
2017
217
2018
132
2019
173
2020
220
2021
214
2022
234
2023
231
2024
194
2025
269
2026
6

Keywords

CSS linkedin.com JS scrolldit.com UberMedia scrolling scroll page smooth snow css moves dynamic site awful

Sample Comments

noahtallen Nov 19, 2020 View on HN

What did they do to the scrolling!

anotheryou Jun 20, 2015 View on HN

what does this page do to my scrolling :) ?

erikig Dec 9, 2019 View on HN

Talk about scrolling faster than the speed of light ;)

throwaway290 Feb 24, 2025 View on HN

Unless it works by literally scrolling with JS, I bet some strategic bit of CSS should do it...

Nicksil Jun 20, 2019 View on HN

Does this website hijack scrolling? It really feels like it does. If it does, please reconsider; this shouldn't still be happening in web development.

aehtyb Sep 18, 2019 View on HN

the scrolling is messed up. has some kind of pseudo smooth scrolling javascript thing. really unnecessary.

xwowsersx Oct 28, 2019 View on HN

What's with the intertial scrolling on these fancy pages? It's so frustrating lol

hnbroseph Mar 24, 2016 View on HN

and the scrolling behavior. my goodness.

omginternets Jul 9, 2017 View on HN

Is it me or is the scrolling behavior on this site awful?

greendestiny Oct 23, 2010 View on HN

It's a particular way to scroll a page, how creative can it be?