Strange automatic scrolling script on a website

[j7n]

I stumbled upon a website that employs a strange, irritating JavaScript that a scrolls the text after a delay of a couple seconds. It wants to collapse a header at the top of the page that promotes "Latest" and sometimes takes 2 lines and other times takes 1 line on a small screen. When I start reading, the view moves out of my grasp relatively slowly and I need to move my eyes to follow it. Lol. This scrolling is even carried through in Opera 12, which doesn't support most current scripts, and in New Moon.

Having any kind of scrolling billboard is a distraction in an of itself.

Here Opera's ability to disable JavaScript by pressing F12 is essential. No current browser have this; they can only disable JavaScript entirely, causing pages not to build properly. But Opera can stop executing JavaScript later.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

https://illumin.usc.edu/the-loudness-wars/

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I cannot replicate here.  But the html code would suggest that your issue may be a CSS transition effect and not a JavaScript scroll.

[j7n]

On my small screen this text takes two lines, with the word "Design" pushing everything down. Latest: Beyond Fragrance: The Engineering Behind Modern Perfume Design

It took me a while to connect this to the header.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Yes, I did see that.

BUT...

That section of the page scrolls out of view and STAYS OUT OF VIEW once you scroll down to actually READ any article.

On my end, once it is scrolled out of view, it NO LONGER drops the content of the page while reading.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

And MOST IMPORTANTLY, it is *CSS* that is causing that, *not* JavaScript.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Falls within the category of "websites and boards" (but OT for "automatic scrolling" sub-thread).  The "onslaught" (though perfectly LEGIT) was just too much to bare, lol.