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Discussion on: DISCUSS: The Locomotive scroll — what do you guys think of it?

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Jay Jeckel

I'm still not sure I understand what this effect is supposed to do, but considering how overly busy and obnoxious Locomotive's site is, I'd default to dismissing any design, style, or effect they suggest.

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Thalita G.

I've elaborated a bit in the post what exactly this plugin does, so hopefully that helps a bit!

I've made the wrong assumption that people were familiar with the Locomotive scroll, especially considering almost all Awwwards sites pretty much use it and Locomotive has been selected as the agency of the year 3 times in a row. And even moreso after Gary Simon (DesignCourse) made a tutorial about it.

Considering you don't like Locomotive's site, it must come as a surprise to you that they're extremely successful as an agency. 😅 That's totally valid though, I believe Awwwards sites have a bit of this reputation going on of being very pretty and impressive but totally bloated, so you're not alone.

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Jay Jeckel

Thanks for clarifying the article. I wouldn't say I'm surprised they are a successful agency; suits and artists love pretty things, even to the detriment of good GUI design.