I always assumed it was a way for them to prevent fully loading all the content until it’s actively being pulled. Perhaps it saves on some bandwidth?
Comment on Starfield End of the Year Update
MacedWindow@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t know why the text appearing as you scroll down thing became a trend but I hate it and hope it dies off soon
b3an@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I can see why you might think that, but that’s not how it works. All of the text is downloaded up front, but is hidden initially. It is made to appear as you scroll, but it does not get the text via additional web requests. If you view the page source, or inspect element you can see it all there.
b3an@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Huh. TIL. So what’s the real reason then? Design choice? Then 🤮
Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Someone, somewhere thought it looked cool and marketing people have been copying it ever since to make their site “pop”.
clearleaf@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It makes it look like a chinese vape website.
ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Mereo@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
It reminds me of when Flash was an exciting technology and websites were made in Flash. Very painful.