> now that we have mouse wheels? * Horizontal scrolling * Scrolling when using pen/touch input on non-touch UIs * Making it obvious that a content area is sc

> now that we have mouse wheels? * Horizontal scrolling * Scrolling when using pen/touch input on non-touch UIs * Making it obvious that a content area is scrollable * Providing context into how much content is visible vs. hidden, and where you are in the document * Making it easy to scroll to a precise location without sitting there twiddling the wheel for minutes to go through something long > My view is that content is king and any UI element that needlessly takes away space from the content needs to be destroyed. Your view makes sense at 640x480. Maybe on a mobile screen. On a widescreen computer display, there's plenty of space for elegant UI controls.