points by g-b-r 2 days ago | 0 comments
One thing that old UIs had were visible and usable scrollbars, while for some reason on that website you need a magnifying glass to see it on Firefox Android
[–] cowlevel 2 days ago
[–] g-b-r 2 days ago
Scroll wheels???
Someone really uses that??
I personally don't know any less convenient way to scroll (ok, except clicking on the scrollbar arrows).
And if mice with the scroll wheel weren't widely available at the Windows 95 launch, they became shortly after. You've also always been able to scroll with the keyboard, btw.
Scrollbars became disdained with the modern smartphones, because some ##### thought that touch scrolling was enough.
Except that without a scrollbar it's extremely hard to figure out how long the page you're considering to read is.
And, rather than scroll wheels, I love and always use chirals on laptops, but both with them and with touchscreens, to make big jumps in a document a scrollbar is often more convenient.
Hence it was also extremely important to put the important stuff above the bottom of the first visible page.