This looks fantastic! If only there were an application like this bundled with GNOME; free of distractions and tailored to the task at hand. I really hope you persist with this (I know you're writing it for yourself) and there's enough interest that some other developers give you a hand!
@Kailaner ubuntu has been trying to do what i did for over a year. they never got the translucency working. so, for my use case, its NOT working perfectly.
Awesome! This is a really good idea! One thing bothers me a little: these scrollbars overlay content, this should be avoided. Maybe you can hide the scrollbars while not scrolling and put some indicators in the upper right/ lower right corner to indicate, that there is something scrollable.
But very great work! I love this design and can't wait for this!
Don't worry about the comments- OS X already copied Ubuntu's overlay scrollbars, so even from that argument it's pointless.
Also, if an idea is good, it shouldn't matter where it came from. This looks fairly slick- I have been seeing a lot of overlay scrollbars in GNOME App mockups, so it seems this may become a reality in the future.
While I find the new scrollbars pretty cute (lol), they were big in the beginning to facilitate scrolling on tablets. Kinetic scrolling would make this obsolete.
I was actually taking a look at Lion today and noticed this. I don't see exactly why people are comparing these to Ubuntu's implementation, to be completely honest. They seem quite different.
This looks fantastic! If only there were an application like this bundled with GNOME; free of distractions and tailored to the task at hand. I really hope you persist with this (I know you're writing it for yourself) and there's enough interest that some other developers give you a hand!
tdenholm 2 months ago
I like, but optional please ;)
I would use it on my netbook but not my desktop
Mystro256 2 months ago
@Mystro256 no, it wont be optional. this is only being used for an app im writing for myself.
vwduder 2 months ago
@vwduder Oh sorry, I thought it was going to become a part of GTK/GNOME ;P
Mystro256 2 months ago
"Re-expose child areas" lol...
shotangone 2 months ago
It is really STUPID to depress because of comments. Regardless from where the scrollbars came from, this is very slick and you deserve many kudos!
fitoschido 3 months ago
Why not use the overlay scrollbars from ubuntu? They're already working perfectly
Kailaner 3 months ago
@Kailaner because Ubuntu's look like crap and they have that annoying "thumb" thing. These seem to be implement "the right way".
Danielfore 3 months ago
@Kailaner ubuntu has been trying to do what i did for over a year. they never got the translucency working. so, for my use case, its NOT working perfectly.
vwduder 2 months ago
Beautiful. Keep working ;)
jasminrahimicmo 3 months ago
For my use case, all pixels are needed. I can see how others may not have that requirement though.
vwduder 3 months ago
Awesome! This is a really good idea! One thing bothers me a little: these scrollbars overlay content, this should be avoided. Maybe you can hide the scrollbars while not scrolling and put some indicators in the upper right/ lower right corner to indicate, that there is something scrollable.
But very great work! I love this design and can't wait for this!
anoprivacy 3 months ago 4
I'm pretty sure that the design approach I've taken will be frowned upon by upstream Gtk. But it will get the job for my specific use case.
vwduder 3 months ago
Please propose this as a patch to GTK! That would be awesome!
sbillaudelle 3 months ago 3
Don't worry about the comments- OS X already copied Ubuntu's overlay scrollbars, so even from that argument it's pointless.
Also, if an idea is good, it shouldn't matter where it came from. This looks fairly slick- I have been seeing a lot of overlay scrollbars in GNOME App mockups, so it seems this may become a reality in the future.
While I find the new scrollbars pretty cute (lol), they were big in the beginning to facilitate scrolling on tablets. Kinetic scrolling would make this obsolete.
scionicspectre 3 months ago 3
@scionicspectre OS X used the scrollbars from its mobile counterpart, iOS.
W0Rd0n32sTre3T 2 months ago
I was actually taking a look at Lion today and noticed this. I don't see exactly why people are comparing these to Ubuntu's implementation, to be completely honest. They seem quite different.
scionicspectre 2 months ago
so cool!
takeshiaihana 3 months ago
I absolutely love it!
IchBinDaUndSo 3 months ago
Very very very nice.
MrCruyffTurn 3 months ago
very nice!
cartan3 3 months ago