When did the scroll bar area become so damn small? I still like to use it to move around a page. At 1440p it's so tiny. I can't imagine at 4k. Am I just old now?
It's because touch devices and touchpads are the most common input devices now. Most people scroll with gestures on the touchpad so there's no need for a scroll bar.
I rarely do, but they are very handy for quickly scanning a long document (drag the scroll bar until I see a header, stop, read the header, and keep going).
Thin scrollbars. Why do I have to aim for a tiny area to click on a scroll bar? Other UI elements aren't that narrow.
This enrages me.
When did the scroll bar area become so damn small? I still like to use it to move around a page. At 1440p it's so tiny. I can't imagine at 4k. Am I just old now?
It's because touch devices and touchpads are the most common input devices now. Most people scroll with gestures on the touchpad so there's no need for a scroll bar.
Scrollbars are also shit with infinite scrolling
Sure, but if you want to make it small, at least enlarge it on hover.
no mouse wheel? or are you scrolling through huge pdfs a lot
Clicking and dragging on a scrollbar lets you rapidly scroll up or down. Or clicking like 3/4 of the way down takes you instantly there.
sure but you need enough document for that to matter
I can't remember the last time I had to click on a scrollbar.
Sometimes scroll wheels break and you don't have money for a new mouse.
Fast scrolling when pageup/pagedown is not available or not enough
Long press the middle mouse button and use the drag scroller.
This is bad UX:
When pageup/down is not available you usually don't have a mouse either. Think of a laptop with a minimalist keyboard or a phone.
I rarely do, but they are very handy for quickly scanning a long document (drag the scroll bar until I see a header, stop, read the header, and keep going).
I use the middle mouse button scroll for that.