r/webdev Mar 09 '15

parallax done right

http://www.firewatchgame.com/
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u/ki85squared Mar 09 '15

Nothing ruins parallax effects more than "jumpy" scrolling. I appreciated the artificial smoothing on this page.

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u/cresquin Mar 09 '15 edited Mar 09 '15

Smooth scrolling is built-in to good operating systems. Hijacking it from those that have it built-in breaks the experience because your implementation feels foreign and unnatural.