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I remember working on a panel, allows users to choose an element. Without visible scrollbar, it'd sometimes look like there is no more items. I think it is imp
by hieu229 6y ago
I remember working on a panel, allows users to choose an element. Without visible scrollbar, it'd sometimes look like there is no more items.
I think it is important to signal there is more content. And how much more to the end of the page
- ar_turnbull 6y agoDesigners call this a "false bottom" and try to make sure it doesn't happen, but it can be a near impossible task to make sure there's never one given variation in screen sizes / orientations. Often you see websites with hero areas and panels that fill the full screen on standard desktop sizes, but attentive teams will make sure something is cut off so that the page looks unfinished and people scroll. For what it's worth, I've also seen data that Apple users are more likely to scroll by default simply because they've made the scrolling experience so pleasant.
- hieu229 6y agoInteresting. Would you suggest to have the scrollbar visible?
- notriddle 6y agoDoesn't help. Even huge Windows 95 scrollbars will reside in the users' peripheral field of vision, so they won't notice it and won't look at it.
- trefoiled 6y agoOr maybe they're scrolling by default because they're used to not knowing whether or not content is scrollable?
- ar_turnbull 6y agoYup, that's possible too. Probably a bit of both TBH. Though again, from user testing sessions I've observed, I'd say that "not knowing whether or not content is scrollable" can be a universal problem, not limited just to Mac users.