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Really, am I the only person here who can't understand the complaints on hiding scrollbars? I do agree with a lot of things that resonates HN, but this is one t
by pcr910303 6y ago
Really, am I the only person here who can't understand the complaints on hiding scrollbars? I do agree with a lot of things that resonates HN, but this is one thing that I have never understood.
Stop complaining about discoverability, everyone that knows how to browse the web knows how to scroll. It's like worrying whether the user will know how to use a mouse when you're designing a web page. Scrolling is not something like shortcuts or tabs - you need it to move around, which means you get to know it as soon as you start your computer and after the first knowing phase it's visual clutter.
Also, I would like to ask whether users will usually even want to click on the scrollbar to move around. Unless the small number of cases where the page is long and you want to move around quickly (and if you have ever been in that case, you know that even there using the scrollbar is pretty useless because it's too sensitive - you are usually less precise when you use a scrollbar, not more), there's virtually no reason to click it. Computer screen estate is precious because not everyone is using a 27-inch display (13-inch display here), so that's a pretty big reason to hide the scrollbar.
- Kaytaro 6y agoMaybe I'm missing something obvious, but I can't think of a reason for scrollbars to exist in the first place. You always have a physical way to scroll. If a user doesn't know how to scroll, it's a problem with the device, not your software. The only purpose of the scroll bar is to show your current position in the page, which doesn't require persistence.
- svachalek 6y agoIt's sometimes also the only indication that an element is scrollable. Usually there are other cues, an unfinished sentence or partially clipped text/graphics, but sometimes you're left with a perfectly plausible looking clip and would never guess there's more underneath.
- jordache 6y agoyou totally missed the point. MacOS default UX w/ the hidden scrollbar represents a tiny portion of any consumer-facing web product's user base. So what is the value of a development team, not experiencing the same UX as the vast majority of their users?