UX mistake #9: Scroll Hijacking

Have you ever scrolled through a site, where your scroll input did not match how the site moved? This is called «scroll hijacking» and is often used to make sure, a certain section of a page is shown in its entirety.

Even when it’s done ok (like on Tumblr on large devices), it goes against everything the user has learned about scrolling.

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Keep it simple, just don’t mess with the native scroll behavior.

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