> The idea that sacrificing actual functionality in exchange for smoother scrolling makes the web "better" is a claim that makes sense only in a terrifically isolated bubble.
It's a simple question of cost benefit analysis. Some users are harmed by slow scrolling, others will be harmed by the update. There's not some obvious reason to prefer one group to the other absent an assessment of how many users are impacted and how bad the impact is.
In this case, the impact of slow scrolling affects almost everyone, and it's pretty bad. For a long time, I basically wouldn't bother to use my web browser on the phone.
The impact of breaking some scrolling behavior affects the users of a small number of poorly maintained sites, and in most cases, not in a way that actually breaks anything.
To me, the "terrifically isolated bubble" approach is to focus only on the part of the user experience you care about rather than balancing the pros and cons to all users.
It's a simple question of cost benefit analysis. Some users are harmed by slow scrolling, others will be harmed by the update. There's not some obvious reason to prefer one group to the other absent an assessment of how many users are impacted and how bad the impact is.
In this case, the impact of slow scrolling affects almost everyone, and it's pretty bad. For a long time, I basically wouldn't bother to use my web browser on the phone.
The impact of breaking some scrolling behavior affects the users of a small number of poorly maintained sites, and in most cases, not in a way that actually breaks anything.
To me, the "terrifically isolated bubble" approach is to focus only on the part of the user experience you care about rather than balancing the pros and cons to all users.