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 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