Scrollbars. Ever heard of them? They’re pretty cool. Click and drag on a scrollbar and you can move content around in a scrollable content pane. I love that shit. Every day I am scrolling on my computer, all day long. But the scrollbars are getting smaller and this is increasingly becoming a problem. I would show you screenshots but they’re so small that even screenshotting them is hard to do. And people keep making them even smaller, hiding them away, its like they don’t want you to scroll! “Ah”, they say, “that’s what the scroll wheel is for”. My friend, not everyone can use a scroll wheel or a swipe up touch screen. And me, a happy scroll-wheeler, even I would like to quickly jump around some time.
Wait, you guys don’t use your mouse wheel or keyboard to scroll?
To get from the top of a REALLY long page 3/4 of the way down instantly? No. Did you read the article?
Many mouse wheels act as a button as well. Hold the button down while moving the cursor up or down to scroll effortlessly. The further the distance you move the cursor, the faster it scrolls.
Yeah, why click or tap once in one spot when you can swipe 10 times.
I think the ‘gestures’ crowd needs to go pound sand.
Either implement it as a setting, or don’t force people to use it.