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From: Patrick Dunphy
Date: Apr 5, 2017 4:28PM

More comment bait than edict. :)

As a frequent lurker/seldom poster I'm in no position to make authorative
claims.

Your description is apt but isn't a horizontal scrolling list essentially a
carousel?

I guess what I'm wondering is that carousels are generally frowned upon yet
Netflix uses them effectively where as other high volume video sites such
as YouTube and Vimeo don't.

-PD





On Apr 5, 2017 4:44 PM, "Patrick H. Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

On 05/04/2017 21:33, Patrick Dunphy wrote:

> Curious about people's thoughts on Netflix's movie/show carousel
> implementation. Focus indicators could be stronger but overall I thought
> it works well, esp for keyboard usage.
>
> I'm not advocating the use of carousels in general but maybe it works for
> Netflix because of the type of content (ie. endless lists of show/movie
> titles)?
>
> Thoughts?
>

Absolute edicts are always wrong ;)

In seriousness, Netflix's interface is less of a carousel in the "bad"
http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/ sense and more of a horizontally scrolling
list of items. Different scenario. So yes it's fine I'd say (all other
things being equal, i.e. it being coded accessibly).

P
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