"As a web-design aside, horizontal scrolling...is going to become the standard in the future."(posted 8457 days ago)A prediction; one I'm not so sure of. At least not in today's world.
"...and wide aspect-ratio screens will soon be commonplace."
Probably, but we have no evidence of this so far, and we've been at it for a decade or so already.
"Vertical scrolling is a vestige of text-oriented days... All that current web designers have done is take two-dimensional text-based magazine design and put that online..." I guess when it goes beyond two dimensions, it'll be crazy, huh? I'll sure love it like crazy if I'm still alive.
The next generation of web designers...and the widescreen panorama is going to be a major part of that...will turn to metaphors which explore the possibilities of visual design and interactivity in much more imaginative ways - and the widescreen panorama is going to be a major part of that "
Hmm... and the hardware? I wanna see it. It'll be cool! But this obviously means wider displays. Right now, I have to squint to see my screen at 1024x768. 800x600 seems pretty nice, but I can't open many windows with such a modest resolution. Are we talking Phillips HDTV style monitors? Hope so. Cool. Can't wait. But for right now, please give me the up and down, and not the sideways stuff. I'm used to going up and down. Yeah, I can grab that thick, gray scroll bar on the bottom and shove right side, but it's unnatural and uncomfortable to do so. Or I'm just getting old.
I ran across another web site recently (I think Kyle C's Leica Slacker) that has the horizontal scrolling thing. What is it with horizontal scrolling, or am I the only one on greenspun.com who thinks it's weird? In both cases, though, the photography is mighty fine. But presentation has to make a difference.