Hi Rob, Aza Raskin did something like that in Humanized Reader. As you scroll the page, content list loads. There is no link or button to trigger this behavior, just the ol´plain scrolling page action with some javascript trickery.
You can see it in action here: http://twurl.nl/nmkn1m IMHO, its clear and intuitive (maybe the "loading message" can be improved a little ..) []´s Daniel Souza .............................. UX team @ knowtec.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Robert Choquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 2:53:14 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Browsing a column of data without using scroll bars I am working on a project and would like to be able to prevent the display of the overly large scrollbars that appear when a list of items continues outside of a frame in a web based GUI. I have looked at several possibilities including coding to reduce the size of the scroll bars so they are less intrusive. What I would really like to do be able to load the list data as needed, as the user moves down / up the list. I am thinking that this loading could be triggered by the user selecting a list item and moving it up / down with the mouse (much like list browsing in an iPod touch or other touch screen device). Does this sound intuitive? How would you indicate to the user that you can ³grab and scroll² the list? Cheers, Rob ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
