Am 04.11.2012 18:48, schrieb John Scipione:
Let me step back a bit and try to explain where I'm coming from. Scrollbars should have knobs on them to indicate that they are draggable, same reason that the bottom left corner of windows has little dots to indicate that the window is draggable.
There is plenty of stuff that can be dragged and doesn't need knobs. To stay with your example, the window title tab can be dragged, the sides can be dragged. The lower right corner is special in that it allows to resize the window. I think it having knobs is mostly to differentiate it optically. And the way it's done hints at its purpose. The same could be done with the scroll bars. But that doesn't mean there needs to be an option to configure it and even have different looks. Personally, I think everyone knows how to operate a scroll bar. And to reduce visual clutter with so many scroll bars around could be more important than to indicate how scroll bars operate via knobs (?). But I would have nothing against some faint visual hint.
I am not interested in theming. But, I wanted to fix this, yet at the same time I didn't want to do something controversial, so I looked at how BeOS did it, noticed the setting and copied it. That was IMHO the most straightforward way to solve the problem.
Perfectly understandable. If you're also not interested in theming, would you think a faint visual hint on the scroll bar thumb, but without the option in Appearance, would be the best solution?
But now I can see that there is no reason to have a discussion because your minds are already made up; scroll bar knobs are undesirable. I apologize.
I think it's more about the additional option than about the knobs themselves. At least I have nothing against tweaking the look, but I would be against the option.
Best regards, -Stephan
