Autoscrolling carousels should reset timeout on manual scroll

[Teasday]

I think this currently technically only applies to the Popular New Titles carousel on the front page.

The PNT carousel automatically activates the next list item every 10 seconds, and I'm calling this autoscrolling here for lack of a better term. The issue is that when the user decides to scroll the carousel manually instead, this 10-second interval is not affected in any way. This can lead to awkward behavior, such as the user scrolling at around the 9 second mark, only for the carousel to automatically scroll again almost immediately, forcing the user to scroll back to the previous page.

Suggestion: simply reset the automatic timeout/interval when the user interacts with the carousel manually. Alternatively, stop the interval altogether, or make the initial timeout longer (e.g. 20 seconds) before resuming normal automatic behavior to account for the user clearly wanting to engage with the carousel manually.

 

[StormSen]

This.
And make interval longer (20 seconds sounds good).
And remember user's spot in the carousel.
Also maybe add an option somewhere to control all this. (Personally, I would be happy with no autoscroll.)

 

[Elaborate]

How about simply disabling it while the mouse is over the carousel?
That way there's also no awkward "I wanted to click one title but now I'm on another one".