It would be safer to assume that most people, when reading/focusing on the text in the middle of page, don't actually SEE the scroll bar. I have a scroll bar b

It would be safer to assume that most people, when reading/focusing on the text in the middle of page, don't actually SEE the scroll bar. I have a scroll bar but have this is an issue for me as well. When I'm reading a thread of comments my visual focus ignores the periphery of the window.