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jdw64 • today at 1:19 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I think it varies from person to person. Since I'm kind of from the TikTok generation, I don't have much trouble reading this kind of animation, but some people prefer static sites. That's just how it is.

I also found scroll-triggered animations hard to read at first, but these days a lot of sites use them, so I've gotten used to them.


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ordu • today at 4:20 PM

There is a myth that TikTok generation has ADHD and can't concentrate, if it were true I'd expect static sites would be easier for you, like to me. I mean, I struggle sometimes to keep attention and not to wander off mentally. With static text it is easier to fix, you have just to jump back a bit, when you notice that you've forgot to read while you were reading. Or when you are lost at too many trees you can kind of look at the forest, at the text as a whole and find your place there. But with all this scrolling it is hard to jump backward/forward at will. It feels tiring and annoying.