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Re: Carousels again

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Jul 16, 2020 10:38AM

Here are the articles you asked me to send along, which are from 2019 and
later so relatively up to date:

https://cxl.com/blog/dont-use-automatic-image-sliders-or-carousels/

https://www.theppcmachine.co.uk/why-website-carousels-are-a-bad-idea/

https://southernweb.com/2019/04/its-time-to-kill-the-website-image-carousel/

https://www.impactbnd.com/blog/why-homepage-carousels-are-bad
(This one has suggestions for what to use instead, which seem like common
sense)

http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/
(Snarky but has some stats)

A common takeaway from these is that they don't work. 1% of users click
them, and even then it's mostly just the first slide, as well as useability
and performance hit - particularly on mobile.

Good luck!


On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:11 AM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Totally agree with you about not using them, but my client insists on using
> carousels, so I'm trying to help them make them as accessible as possible.
> I've been researching these things for weeks now, but I'd still appreciate
> the articles you mention. I don't think there's a magic bullet, but it
> would be good to get close at least.
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
>
>