Intuitive "Popup" Scrollbars

[Brett Alton]

I'm simply frustrated with Ubuntu's lack of contrast on the side bar.
It's hard to see where the actual scrollbar is compared to the
background when its held against a black monitor.

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Odysseus Flappington
<deriziotis at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like it. If I understand it correctly, instead of having to find the
> actual bar, you can left-click anywhere on the scrollbar area, and move the
> scrollbar up and down as if you actually clicking on the scrollbar.
>
> I couldn't actually figure out how to install it though.. if you put it in
> the next alpha I'll test it to get a feel and tell you what I think :P
>
> Hey, if it is actually even the tiniest bit more user-friendly that what we
> currently have, which I have to admit I've been frustrated with before,
> everyone will scream Ubuntu's innovation..
>
> Alex
>
>
> On 15/08/2008, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 15:01 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
>>
>> > It would be an interesting thing to test.  I wonder how difficult it
>> > would be to modify a few apps to use that method, so that we can try
>> > it out and get our friends/family to try it out as well.
>>
>> I as the author would love to see that happening.
>>
>> Although I still haven't gotten around to finishing a modification where
>> a click-hold will result in page-wise stepping.
>>
>>
>>
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