Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 10th May 2008 21:49 UTC, submitted by Thorsten Wilms
Graphics, User Interfaces As you may remember from our series on common usability terms, I have a lot of interest in graphical user interface concepts. In addition, I applaud anyone trying to improve existing concepts, people that try to think beyond set conventions to come up with an improved version of that concept, or a new concept altogether. Thorsten Wilms took on the well-established concept of the scrollbar, and came up with a few interesting tweaks.
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by BluenoseJake on Sat 10th May 2008 23:06 UTC
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I think that scrollbars in their current form are pretty well designed, do not vary a whole lot across the major platforms, and are not hard to learn to use. That video looked cool, but the interaction was more complex, and relearning those basic skills for the tiny bit of benefit wouldn't be worth it.