> “Instead of a scroll bar, McCue continued, with Constellation, you'll move around the screen by grabbing objects with the mouse and flinging them.” This is a

> “Instead of a scroll bar, McCue continued, with Constellation, you'll move around the screen by grabbing objects with the mouse and flinging them.” This is a UI idea that only took off when capacitive touchscreens happened with the iPhone. It didn’t really feel natural with mouse or stylus input. There were some pro design apps that used a “grab hand” cursor for scrolling, but to my recollection it wasn’t in consumer apps. Mike McCue, the person giving this demo of Netscape Constellation, is now the CEO of Flipboard, a tablet news app with a focus on visual design. That sounds pretty similar to Constellation actually! (Flipboard was one of the OG iPad apps generating buzz around 2011-12. I was surprised they’re still around today.)