[UPHPU] scroll bar on left

[Velda]

Eric Faerber wrote:
> Velda wrote:
>> justin wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Kevin <email.bdr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:34 PM, justin <justin at justinhileman.info> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>> A quick proof of concept:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://greybox.justinhileman.info/uphpu/scroller.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that it has a magic number (height*1.1), because page elements
>>>>> don't really report their height properly. There's a jQuery library
>>>>> for getting 'real' dimensions... Using this would be a bit less hack.
>>>>> Another library could be used to make scroll wheels work over the
>>>>> "scrolling" content. And if the width of the content is changing,
>>>>> you'll need to update the height of the scroller div. Lots of little
>>>>> things, but there's the start.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now... why?
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> justin
>>>>> http://justinhileman.com
>>>>>       
>>>> Yeah not having the scroll wheel work is usability fail.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Proof of concept, kids. Proof of concept. :)
>>>
>>> If this were more than an "is it possible" question, I would have
>>> taken the extra ten minutes to make the scroll wheel work.
>> Ah, so that can work? Well then that's not AS bad but still... :-)
>>
>> -Velda
>>
> It is still bad since it puts the scroll bar on the opposite of where 
> it is for every single program on every computer. It would confuse 
> people. I would not do it for that reason alone.

I would -IF- the intent were to confuse the audience, like on the donny 
darko website.
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