Darren, I think I understand what you are trying to get at with your post, but I am afraid it comes across as a bit insensitive. Trackpad/touch control surfaces are very difficult for me, and I would imagine like situated people, to utilize. Suggesting that they try a "...*more modern (but still almost *[sic] *decade old)*..." interface is like suggesting a blind person stop using a braille interface for a color monitor. How did you put it?
> "*The difference is almost as night and day as knowing how to touch type > vs hunt and peck.*" You might want to try and understand that not everyone is as abled as yourself. Thanks, rik. On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 2:08 PM Darren Duncan <dar...@darrenduncan.net> wrote: > On 2021-03-23 1:52 a.m., H. v. Loewenfeld, Philipp wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > >> That's weird, I usually consider scroll wheels an order of magnitude > more > >> handy than clicking the scroll arrow buttons. > > > > The mouse wheel only works in one dimension. And you can't directly jump > to a > > position (e.g. "at the end" or "75% down") like you can with the scroll > bars. > > The more modern (but still almost decade old) ones that are touch/trackpad > based > work in both dimensions, such as the Apple Magic Mouse, or otherwise any > trackpad/touch control surface. And with a standard inertia feature going > to > the end is often a quick flick of the finger, or the keyboard End key. > > I don't disagree that broken scroll bar UI is a bad thing and should be > priority > fixed. > > But I recommend that people will have a more pleasant experience in > computing > generally if they try other common input device alternatives. The > difference is > almost as night and day as knowing how to touch type vs hunt and peck. > > -- Darren Duncan > > >
