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And that is besides the fact that mice only have vertical scroll wheels. (Unless, of course, you have the new Apple mouse that supports two fingered horizontal
by NathanKP 17y ago
And that is besides the fact that mice only have vertical scroll wheels. (Unless, of course, you have the new Apple mouse that supports two fingered horizontal scrolling.) So horizontal scrolling is difficult people because they have to actually mouse over the scroll bar, click and drag. Once again the exception is the MacBook in which a two fingered scroll on the touchpad can horizontally scroll.
I think that is the real reason why people hate horizontal scrolling.
- jules 17y agoIf there is only a horizontal scroll bar you can scroll with the scrollwheel.
- NathanKP 17y agoThat is a good point, and one that I had forgotten about.
- stan_rogers 17y agoI get the distinct impression you haven't done a whole lot of usability testing, and I get that because you're offering a lot of advice that I would have given before I started paying attention to real-world usability and accessibility issues. Being disabled gives one a slightly different perspective. Trust me, horizontal scrolling is a problem for most users, even if it's obvious to you, and having a footer in place to say "this is where the vertical page ends" just exacerbates the situation -- they see the page as unfinished and will hit the refresh button more often than they'll attempt to scroll.