[arachne] Re: Slow scrolling of large screens

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On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:48:44 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

>> In addition... in my tests just completed...
>> Shift+End is more than 3 times the speed of the RightArrow key

>> RightArrow == 39sec
>> Shift+End  == 12sec

>> And if you would like to 'jump' instantaneously to the right.

>> Place you cursor anywhere along the length of the 'empty space' to the
>> right of the scrollbar along the bottom and press the enter key or the
>> left mouse button. (same to 'jump' to the left... click or press the
>> enter key anywhere to the left of the scrollbar)

>> To scroll let's say 25% to the right ... Press and hold the left mouse
>> button on the bottom scrollbar and 'drag' it 25% across before releasing.

> Yeah, except that it is no longer "realtime smooth scrolling". If the
> option calls this "Netscape", then why can this not be done like in
> Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox? I.e., move the whole screen in realtime while
> scrolling instead of jumping to the next position and redrawing it?
> And why does Arachne not update the screen in real time when the
> horizontal bar is moved? That would be much nicer.

> Udo

She _can_ do that.

But only 'to a limit'.

That limit is about 1600 pixels wide, or about 200 characters per line.

http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/1600_200.txt

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