When did the scroll bar area become so damn small? I still like to use it to move around a page. At 1440p it’s so tiny. I can’t imagine at 4k. Am I just old now?
It’s because touch devices and touchpads are the most common input devices now. Most people scroll with gestures on the touchpad so there’s no need for a scroll bar.
I rarely do, but they are very handy for quickly scanning a long document (drag the scroll bar until I see a header, stop, read the header, and keep going).
Thin scrollbars. Why do I have to aim for a tiny area to click on a scroll bar? Other UI elements aren’t that narrow.
This enrages me.
When did the scroll bar area become so damn small? I still like to use it to move around a page. At 1440p it’s so tiny. I can’t imagine at 4k. Am I just old now?
It’s because touch devices and touchpads are the most common input devices now. Most people scroll with gestures on the touchpad so there’s no need for a scroll bar.
Scrollbars are also shit with infinite scrolling
Sure, but if you want to make it small, at least enlarge it on hover.
I can’t remember the last time I had to click on a scrollbar.
Sometimes scroll wheels break and you don’t have money for a new mouse.
Fast scrolling when pageup/pagedown is not available or not enough
Long press the middle mouse button and use the drag scroller.
This is bad UX:
When pageup/down is not available you usually don’t have a mouse either. Think of a laptop with a minimalist keyboard or a phone.
I rarely do, but they are very handy for quickly scanning a long document (drag the scroll bar until I see a header, stop, read the header, and keep going).
I use the middle mouse button scroll for that.