We’ve come a long way since the early days of the web in terms of being able to navigate around a site easily. We’ve moved from keyboards to button-only mice, from scroll-wheels to mighty and magic mice and mutli-touch trackpads. Getting around a webpage is easier than ever.
Horizontally scrolling sites have always been in a minority but seem to have increased in popularity in recent years. We’ve never made one ourselves, partly as it’s only a choice suitable for a certain projects (nearly exclusively portfolio sites) but also the combination of hardware limitations, finger dexterity and need to include additional UI instructions make it a difficult decision to justify. The experience of navigating a horizontally scrolling site with a mouse is simply too much of a usability obstacle.
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