David DeSandro

The following is a guest post by David DeSandro. David wanted to offer a new feature in Isotope: staggered animations. Like so many things web, there are lots of ways he could have approached it. Here he looks at some of the possibilities, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and what he ultimately went with for Isotope.… Read article

By now, any article about carousels should come with the disclaimer: You may not need a carousel. Carousels are easily abused. Kyle Peatt has more details on the carousel controversy.

Part of the blame can be put on the user experience of carousel plugins themselves. Scrolling through a carousel is less satisfying and more awkward that simply scrolling down a page. Basically, you can't flick through them. Third-party libraries should at least be as useful as native behavior.

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