On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 09:12 -0400, Jeremy Perry wrote: > Another option is to reduce what we already have today into > something > very minimal when not in use. The scrollbar could be represented as > a > simple line down the right side, giving a clue that there is > scrollable area and a sense of how much, as indicated by the length > of > a highlighted portion of the line. When the user gestures over the > scrollbar area, a fuller, more conventional scrollbar would appear > with arrows, etc. Personally I dont like those "auto hiding" UI features, using them (or using them by accident) is often more a fight than a usage. Esp. with small targets like scrollbars it might be nasty. But I agree that there is room for improvement on scrollbars. Talking about scrollbars you might have a look on: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530413 Some interesting ideas and points brought up in the comments, also the demo is interesting. It might got a lot to improve but shows nicely other ways how to interact with scrollbars. -- Florian Ludwig <dino phidev org>
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