Critique of Scroll Fade Animations in Web Design
By
PaulHoule
2mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
75/100
Toasty
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Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
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Summary
The article criticizes the overuse of scroll fade animations in web design, arguing that they often create poor user experiences by being excessive, poorly timed, and ignoring accessibility preferences like reduced motion settings. The author shares personal frustration with implementing these animations on websites and suggests they're frequently used without subtlety or consideration for user experience.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledScroll fade is that oh so wonderful web design experience where elements fade in as they scroll into view. Often with a bit of transform on the Y-axis.
Done subtly and in moderation scroll fade can look fine†. Alas and to my dismay, subtlety is not a virtue of scroll fade proponents. Nor is timing.
This post purposefully ignores the reduced motion preference to give everyone the same truly terrible experience. I am sorry. Please use your browser's reader mode.
I've built too many websites that got almost to the fin
The one where I crowdsource an argument winner
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