Comment on Scrollbars are becoming a problem
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, scrollbars are one of my least favourite UX design choices, though I respect that some people like them and do think that they should be a reasonable size for those who do want them.
There are so many better ways to navigate vertically scaling content now (not least of which, mousewheels). I think they served a good purpose in the early days of document editors and web browsers, but they’re a bit of an easy out for poorly laid out content.
Nighed@sffa.community 1 year ago
It’s so much easier to just drag a scrollbar than use the mouse wheel to go past 1000s of lines - especially if you know how far down the bit you want is!
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is true for some things, but I still much prefer a ToC or a textual search, index, etc. for the majority of cases.
I find myself much more frequently ctrl+f -ing my way to content than doing scroll-and-scan nowadays.
Nighed@sffa.community 1 year ago
Text search with indicators for the search results in the scroll bar is awesome
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
NGL, it is lit. But it’s kind of in minimap territory where you don’t actually need a scrollbar to give the same info. Definitely helps with seeing the density of results in certain areas of long docs
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That is absolutely correct. Anyone who’s done office work or computer work with huge documents knows the true value of the classic scrollbar.
It is superior to the scroll wheel because it gives more powerful control over the same function, but since it is slightly harder to use than the wheel, the lazy users avoid it for mundane tasks.