When I first encountered mini-maps (in Sublime Text, which I still use), I just thought it was just a gimmick that looked cool, but that's about it. Now, I use

When I first encountered mini-maps (in Sublime Text, which I still use), I just thought it was just a gimmick that looked cool, but that's about it. Now, I use it all the time, that's essentially a better scroll bar. In fact, the moment I saw the mini-map on the linked websites, I instantly tried to use it as a scrollbar, and was very disappointed to see that it didn't work.