Carousels could be used in certain situations.
I think, like most web things, they are used for the sake of using them and used incorrectly. Much like every company "needs" an app.
This is a good take on how a carousel could be used uxmovement.com/navigation/why-users-arent-clicking-your-home-page-carousel/
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 15 Oct 2014, 16:20,
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Yet tellingly
doesn't include any data to back up the claims that it would be better.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 15 Oct 2014, 16:32,
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Yes probably bollocks.
Personally I don't use them (bar 1 site that I'm ordered to by those above). Like I said below they make sense for a photo site as a slide show but not much else. BUT EVERYONE MUST HAVE ONE!!!!
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 15 Oct 2014, 16:37,
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Bootstrap seems to be slowly taking over from the homepage carousel
for how a modern site MUST LOOK, even though that look seems to have become popular more through lazy development than usability testing.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 15 Oct 2014, 16:44,
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"I want my company to stand out but it must look exactly like this"
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 15 Oct 2014, 16:48,
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That's a reasonable point
There's no mention about whether the carousel should be switching slides by itself over time, though. And that's what I find most annoying about those things.
Whenever you actually get tricked to reading something there, the bloody thing rotates before you finish. THAT is the biggest reason I completely ignore them, even the ones crafted as your link suggests.
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