Comments on: Handedness, GUIs, and Outliners http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:52:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Martin Spernau http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners/comment-page-1#comment-5931 Martin Spernau Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:08:14 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners#comment-5931 <p>There's little to add to the "no one uses the scroll bars" thing. But I do not have a mouse wheel (PowerBook, using the touchpad) and I still never really use the scrollbars. </p> <p>OTOH in some GUIs the scrollbars are actually on the left for exactly these reasons: left is where you start reading and where you concentrate the most. And the right end of lines is often way out of your focus. Additionally the right hand side if often far away from the end of a line (short lines in wide windows)... So actually the left sided outline controls might be right where they should be :) and the scrollbar is not (on most GUIs)</p> <p>I really like it if I can navigate using the keyboard!</p> There’s little to add to the “no one uses the scroll bars” thing. But I do not have a mouse wheel (PowerBook, using the touchpad) and I still never really use the scrollbars.

OTOH in some GUIs the scrollbars are actually on the left for exactly these reasons: left is where you start reading and where you concentrate the most. And the right end of lines is often way out of your focus. Additionally the right hand side if often far away from the end of a line (short lines in wide windows)… So actually the left sided outline controls might be right where they should be :) and the scrollbar is not (on most GUIs)

I really like it if I can navigate using the keyboard!

]]> By: phil jones http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners/comment-page-1#comment-5886 phil jones Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:30:44 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners#comment-5886 <p>Definitely like the right arrows, although the scroll-wheel point is good too.</p> <p>And speaking personally, I really don't want to navigate a tree with a mouse at all. I'd rather use page up and page down and have the expand / collapse / follow link under keyboard control.</p> Definitely like the right arrows, although the scroll-wheel point is good too.

And speaking personally, I really don’t want to navigate a tree with a mouse at all. I’d rather use page up and page down and have the expand / collapse / follow link under keyboard control.

]]> By: Andreas Gohr http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners/comment-page-1#comment-5772 Andreas Gohr Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:39:50 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/17/handedness-guis-and-outliners#comment-5772 <p>Interesting. Never thought of this. However nowadays everybody uses their mouse's scroll wheel to scroll a page - no need to reach for the scrollbars. Well maybe except those poor fools who are still stuck with a single button mouse ;-)</p> Interesting. Never thought of this. However nowadays everybody uses their mouse’s scroll wheel to scroll a page - no need to reach for the scrollbars. Well maybe except those poor fools who are still stuck with a single button mouse ;-)

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