Popup Scrollbar Concept Demo

Demonstration of my popup scrollbar concept. It's meant as replacement/option for traditional scrollbars. The recorded application is a PyGTK script. It can be found on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment....

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[cyncmaster150]

Nah, they'll just steal the idea.

[kragil]

I like it .. the old functionality is still there, but it is an advancement.

[Nohshing]

Ubuntu 11.04...

[TheyCallMeConfucious]

thats awesome dude

[PayForward1]

Okay

[Dread Knight]

I love it! Always liked how google made this kind of scrollbars for Picasa etc... but this is even better!

[cousteaulecommandant]

It's easier to use than I thought... but you don't explain the middle-click ("go here") and right-click (start/end menu) functionality the script has.

[HoldingUpTheBar]

Somebody give this man a job!

[Naoki09]

10 bucks Apple does this before Microsoft.

[Caleb Gingles]

What an awesome idea... I hope future operating systems start using something like this rather than the existing archaic scroll bars.

[Ord3ith]

Interesting idea. Not sure if it's really necessary, now that most people have scroll on their mice and/or trackpads, but the functionality at very small sizes is a big plus.

Generally, the only thing I ever use a scroll bar for is to click at some point for the "Jump to here" feature (System Preferences > Appearance in Mac OS X).

[ablestmage]

Nice! Now we can make scrollbars that are only a few pixels wide, instead of the fat ones we have today. Would work wonders for people with 640x480 ^_^