Re: [Usability] Scrollbars with Popups

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 14:39 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'd like some evaluation of my latest concept.
> A suggestion for a better name than popup-scrollbars would also be nice :)
> 
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/scrollbars-with-popups/

Hmm, not sure I completely understand the proposed functionality, but
part of it at least sounds like the way OpenWindows scrollbars used to
work:
http://docs.sun.com/source/801-7265/images/8-1-17B79.gif

(If you clicked-and-held the arrow at either end of the bar, the mouse
pointer followed along as required until you stopped.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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