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Posted by Safalra (Stephen Morley) on 12/01/07 20:19
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:23:33 -0500, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> Safalra (Stephen Morley) wrote:
>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:10:36 -0500, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>> Adrienne Boswell wrote:
>>>> [snip scrollbars all the time in Firefox]
>>>>
>>> Why would you want to replicate this stupid behavior of IE?
>>
>> It ensures that the content area of the page doesn't change width depending
>> on the height of the content. This can be a undesired effect in a situation
>> where a visitor is moving between several pages in quick succession (for
>> example, when filling in a form split across multiple pages). I've only
>> once worked on a site where the effect has been annoying enough for me to
>> apply the overflow:scroll rule, but I don't regard the original poster's
>> comment as an illegitimate complaint.
>>
>
> Ah, but Microsoft has decreed that only thy vertical scrollbar shall be
> ever present. It is okay for the horizontal one to pop in and out as
> needed and intrude on vertical viewport space! I just find that funny.
The appearance and disappearance of the vertical scrollbar can make
horizontally centred content jump around (I should have mentioned in my
previous post the other situation in which the effect is undesirable -
pages whose height may change dynamically). Vertical centring is very rare
so the horizontal scrollbar isn't so much of a problem.
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Safalra (Stephen Morley)
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http://www.safalra.com/web-design/usability/common-browser-window-sizes/
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