
So, is the carousel really bad? If carousels aren’t that effective, why do people use them?Īctually, carousels introduce a level of complexity to an interface, however, the carousels are everywhere on the web and have been an essential web design tool for e-commerce sites. Visitors will skip the messages in your slider as they consider it advertisement or promotions

People tend to ignore your slider because it triggers banner blindness.Sliders don’t always work well on mobile devices.Only a small percentage of people actually click on a slider, which almost always the first slide.

You might have heard of the drawbacks around sliders such as:

Designing a carousel (sometimes called ‘slider’, ‘slideshow’) that works can be a real pain and it’s true that sliders do suck if they aren’t used or designed well.
