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While I hate that Apple hides the scrollbar when not in use for the main page, the new iOS-inspired scrollbar looks much nicer when designing scrolling divs ins

While I hate that Apple hides the scrollbar when not in use for the main page, the new iOS-inspired scrollbar looks much nicer when designing scrolling divs inside the page. [Note: never said anything about custom scrollbars; just that websites with scrolling divs tend to look better on OSX]

mietek 13y ago
If you hate that your scrollbar is hidden when not in use, you can go to System Preferences / General and change the "Show scroll bars" setting to "Always". If you hate that my scrollbar is hidden when not in use, well, tough luck. I like it this way. If you force yet another custom, badly-implemented, weirdly-behaving, not-entirely-thought-through scrollbar on me, I will hate you and never visit your website again.
- colmvp 13y ago
  "If you force yet another custom, badly-implemented, weirdly-behaving, not-entirely-thought-through scrollbar on me, I will hate you and never visit your website again." Pretty sure Gmail uses custom scrollbars and I wouldn't be surprised if it's the most commonly used e-mail in the world. I think Facebook also uses a custom scrollbar on their activity feed. Same with Rdio's web app and Spotify's web app (unless it looks different on PC?)
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    IMO that's in spite of their scollbars, not due to them.
  - rsynnott 13y ago
    > Pretty sure Gmail uses custom scrollbars It does. It's pretty obnoxious, but they're at least well-implemented, unlike most custom scrollbars. > I think Facebook also uses a custom scrollbar on their activity feed. It doesn't (or at least it doesn't in Safari; maybe it does in other browsers?)
freejack 13y ago
Are you a mouse user or do you use a touchpad? I have a theory that the new OSX scrollbars only really work for touchpad users and everyone with a mouse hates them ;)
- UntitledNo4 13y ago
  I'm a Mac user using a mouse and I love them, sorry.

mietek 13y ago

If you hate that your scrollbar is hidden when not in use, you can go to System Preferences / General and change the "Show scroll bars" setting to "Always". If you hate that my scrollbar is hidden when not in use, well, tough luck. I like it this way. If you force yet another custom, badly-implemented, weirdly-behaving, not-entirely-thought-through scrollbar on me, I will hate you and never visit your website again.

colmvp 13y ago
"If you force yet another custom, badly-implemented, weirdly-behaving, not-entirely-thought-through scrollbar on me, I will hate you and never visit your website again." Pretty sure Gmail uses custom scrollbars and I wouldn't be surprised if it's the most commonly used e-mail in the world. I think Facebook also uses a custom scrollbar on their activity feed. Same with Rdio's web app and Spotify's web app (unless it looks different on PC?)
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  IMO that's in spite of their scollbars, not due to them.
- rsynnott 13y ago
  > Pretty sure Gmail uses custom scrollbars It does. It's pretty obnoxious, but they're at least well-implemented, unlike most custom scrollbars. > I think Facebook also uses a custom scrollbar on their activity feed. It doesn't (or at least it doesn't in Safari; maybe it does in other browsers?)

freejack 13y ago

Are you a mouse user or do you use a touchpad? I have a theory that the new OSX scrollbars only really work for touchpad users and everyone with a mouse hates them ;)

UntitledNo4 13y ago
I'm a Mac user using a mouse and I love them, sorry.