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Re: Scrolling in Lion
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Re: Scrolling in Lion


  • Subject: Re: Scrolling in Lion
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:25:46 -0500

On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Zavatone, Alex wrote:

> Anywhere where you have a visible text area, the arrows will scroll when your text insertion point ints the top or bottom of the screen.
>
> This is crap.  No one should be using this method to overcome poor application scrolling.
>
> I've entered the bug in Apple's internal database.

Thanks!

On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:07 PM, David Wignall wrote:

> FWIW scrolling is very easy using a trackpad; I have not used a scrollbar from the time I got my first MBP with such a trackpad. Along that line of thought, a 20 year old HIG was written for a mouse and much smaller screens.

Yes. But ... If you read HIG you will find that the theme that runs thru the entire book is "Don't confuse, confound, annoy, irritate, inconvenience or screw the user".
This book ought to be required reading for anyone training to be anywhere near a computer.
(Perhaps Steve needs my copy. Apple seems to have lost theirs.)

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