The Horizontal Way
Most people try fitting their design to the width of a standard window size to avoid horizontal scrolling. Nielsen even claims that “users hate horizontal scrolling” , and names reasons to stray away from horizontal scrolling. But then, there are those–I dare say most of them are designers–who do it anyway. So are these guys designing without regard to the usability of their sites, do they just not give a fudge about usability, or are they designing for a situation they feel warrants horizontal scrolling?
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Ik ben Martijn van Vreeden, conversie optimalisatie specialist en webanalist bij Pon Automobielhandel in Leusden.
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