i think that the current scrollbars are not perfect, but okay. still one thing that bites me is that the lighting direction of the vertical scrollbar doesn´t go along with all the other interface elements (v-scrollbar: ligthing from left, all others: lighting from top)... now it would be really great to have this "fixed" in jaguar.
however i feel that the scrollbars yet HAVE TO BE changed in order to match the flatter, crisper look. and don´t forget the "stoplight"-buttons please... in their current state they look too blurry for jaguar.
Nope, it doesn't make sense. You're looking at it backwards. It's the viewable area in a scroll pane you are changing and the viewable area is moving down the content when you scroll down. Just as your eyes follow text down a written page. (A lot of the original Mac interface layout was designed around the flow of text on a written page) Now instead of moving your eyes, move the paper insead. Would you say you are reading up the page just because you moved the paper instead of your eyes?
Proportional scroll bars represent the size of the viewable area in proportion to the total size of the content and position of the bit you can see relative to the whole.
If you reverse it the whole thing breaks down: the scroll bar would be at the top when you are viewing the bottom of the document. To move to the next page you would have to click above the scroll bar.
All in all, not a good idea.
[Edit: Must learn to complete sentences and not stop half]
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If you look carefully about a third across it has a split in it!!!!!! <hr></blockquote>
Hm, i'd always thought that was just my screen. hafta email apple about it, surprised they didn't see that.
however i feel that the scrollbars yet HAVE TO BE changed in order to match the flatter, crisper look. and don´t forget the "stoplight"-buttons please... in their current state they look too blurry for jaguar.
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Nope, it doesn't make sense. You're looking at it backwards. It's the viewable area in a scroll pane you are changing and the viewable area is moving down the content when you scroll down. Just as your eyes follow text down a written page. (A lot of the original Mac interface layout was designed around the flow of text on a written page) Now instead of moving your eyes, move the paper insead. Would you say you are reading up the page just because you moved the paper instead of your eyes?
Proportional scroll bars represent the size of the viewable area in proportion to the total size of the content and position of the bit you can see relative to the whole.
If you reverse it the whole thing breaks down: the scroll bar would be at the top when you are viewing the bottom of the document. To move to the next page you would have to click above the scroll bar.
All in all, not a good idea.
[Edit: Must learn to complete sentences and not stop half]
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Yes, yes, i know all of this...(my english is bad, but not my technical understanding(
But: wouldn't it be a nice effect (dont take it this seriously) ??