Too narrow, hidden, minimal feedback…

  • atetulo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I call it the “War on Scrollbars” and I think it started when some meme about watching a teacher use a computer got popular. https://old.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/comments/df8cd/watching_someone_use_a_computer/

    I absolutely hate how tiny scrollbars have gotten. I hate how clicking in a certain spot cause the scrollbar to move slightly instead of jumping directly to where I click.

    These are modern design decisions that I think shitty designers implemented because they need to feel useful. Then, autistic users who want nothing on their screen praise them for it.

    It’s disgusting and I hope, one day, we can look back on how the 2010s were the worst decade for software design so far.

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      1 year ago

      Then, autistic users who want nothing on their screen praise them for it

      What does autism have to do with scrollbars?

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      1 year ago

      Actually dragging the scroll position indicator as in the comic is still cringe though. I fully agree with the usage of clicking to go quickly to where I want to go, but the most useful thing about a scrollbar to me is that I can look at it to know where I am in the page.

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      1 year ago

      Why would you want to make it jump directly? You can just hold until it gets there. If the content is excesively long, then the problem would be the designer

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        1 year ago

        Lol.

        Rather than argue with people like you (which is a waste of time), I’d settle for a setting.

        Gonna block you now.