Intuitive "Popup" Scrollbars

Brett Alton brett.jr.alton at gmail.com
Sat Aug 16 00:51:27 BST 2008


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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