[Bug 995319] [NEW] Scrollbars in Dash are way too narrow, usability affected

[Peter Velosy]

Public bug reported:

This is not a bug as such, but an important usability issue. Many users
not acquainted with Ubuntu's application names have the situation quite
often, that they would like to look through the list of all installed
apps in order to find something. You open Dash, switch to the
appropriate tab, see the list of apps - however, the 3px wide scrollbar
found here is very very awkward to use. Many people do not have a mouse
wheel, so I would suggest offering a better solution here.

- either by implementing the standard scrolling in Ubuntu 12.04 with the small "handle" popping up
- or by making the scrollbar wider

- and last but not least: I'd personally make a very small area left and
right of the scrollbar click-insensitive. It happens very often with me
that I try to catch the scrollbar but I click a pixel too far and the
whole Dash disappears.

** Affects: dash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Scrollbars in Dash are way too narrow, usability affected

Status in “dash” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is not a bug as such, but an important usability issue. Many
  users not acquainted with Ubuntu's application names have the
  situation quite often, that they would like to look through the list
  of all installed apps in order to find something. You open Dash,
  switch to the appropriate tab, see the list of apps - however, the 3px
  wide scrollbar found here is very very awkward to use. Many people do
  not have a mouse wheel, so I would suggest offering a better solution
  here.

  - either by implementing the standard scrolling in Ubuntu 12.04 with the small "handle" popping up
  - or by making the scrollbar wider

  - and last but not least: I'd personally make a very small area left
  and right of the scrollbar click-insensitive. It happens very often
  with me that I try to catch the scrollbar but I click a pixel too far
  and the whole Dash disappears.

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