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Well considering that Macs are still a small percentage of PCs and that Macs don't have scroll wheels I don't think most people will notice.
by abraham 15y ago
Well considering that Macs are still a small percentage of PCs and that Macs don't have scroll wheels I don't think most people will notice.
- onedognight 15y agoMac(Book)s (and Macs with the magic apple mouse) have two finger scroll which is the same thing, but isn't supported (but should be, please!) on say the headline box in the Skimmer "Spread" layout.
- abraham 15y agoThey are almost the same thing. They perform the same function but because they are physical invisible they are even less likely to be used by an average computer user.
- jergason 15y agoI have some anecdotal evidence on the contrary. My wife is a very casual computer user, but uses two-finger scroll all the time. My sister-in-law is very similar - not a computer person, but has an Apple laptop and uses two-finger scroll. Also, Apple mice support scrolling[1], and almost any third-party mouse you buy will have a scroll button as well. Scrolling with a mouse or trackpad seems like an integral part of user interaction. [1] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg&mco=MTUxMDc0OTI http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg...
- groby_b 15y agoAnd every Mac user I know is well aware that for the web, <space> scrolls a page forward, <shift-space> a page back. So still no good argument for on-page controls.
- saucetenuto 15y agoCounterpoint: I didn't find out about shift-space until just now.
- groby_b 15y agoCounter-counterpoint: I didn't know you until just now :)