Sliders/Carousels vs. Scrolling

1. What is the difference between a slider and a carousel?
2. What is a scrolling carousel?
3. Are website sliders effective?
4. What are carousel slides?

What is the difference between a slider and a carousel?

A slider and carousel are NOT the same thing. A slider slides the images horizontally or vertically (usually horizontally) usually with a momentum effect. A carousel rotates the images radially and in a 3D feel by using distance and depth of field. They rotate on an axis where the image is always facing you.

What is a scrolling carousel?

A Carousel is a way to browse lots of content in a limited amount of vertical space, by scrolling a window onto that content.

Are website sliders effective?

Sliders slow down pages, impacting SEO and conversion rates. Some sliders do not transition well to mobile. The space they take up reduces available room for other content. Sliders might give the impression that the company was not sure what to highlight, so opted to display all choices at the same time.

What are carousel slides?

A carousel presents a set of items, referred to as slides, by sequentially displaying a subset of one or more slides. Typically, one slide is displayed at a time, and users can activate a next or previous slide control that hides the current slide and "rotates" the next or previous slide into view.