On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 08:17, Zr40<[email protected]> wrote: > Autoscroll is middle-clicking on a page and moving the mouse, so that > the page scrolls in that direction without any effort. > > I can see why autoscroll is useful for some power users. But for other > users, including other power users, this feature is annoying. An often > cited example is trying to middle-click a link but misclicking. This > happens either because of actually misclicking, or accidentally > scrolling (for most users, the middle mouse button is also the scroll > wheel). This activates autoscroll. The page can scroll off, but even > if it does not, it requires a second click to deactivate autoscroll > before the link can be clicked again. > > The root issue behind this is not misclicking, but the unintuitive > multiple meanings for the middle mouse button. Middle clicking on a > tab can only close the tab, and this is intuitive because the tab is a > distinct visual element. Middle clicking on a navigation button can > only open the previous/next page in a new tab. This too is a distinct > visual element. > > However, links are not distinct visual elements, and don't even need > to appear as links at all. There can also be non-link elements that > appear as a link. This actually presents two problems: how can the > user indicate he wants autoscroll when the mouse is over a link, and > how can the user indicate he does not want autoscroll when not over a > link? > > There have been several issues created about this in the Chromium > issue tracker. All of them have been merged into issue 12478, which > has been closed WontFix. However, there has not been any explanation > at all about why an option to disable autoscroll, hidden or not, will > not be added. > > Can the reason for not implementing the option please be explained? Or > even better, can it be implemented?
I still like to get an explanation for why forcing autoscroll to be on is desirable. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
