Posted by Safalra (Stephen Morley) on 12/01/07 18:41

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:10:36 -0500, Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Adrienne Boswell wrote:
>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Defacta
>> <vincent.marguerit@gmail.com> writing in news:e150f302-18a8-46ce-8bce-
>> f2ec71388616@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> [snip scrollbars all the time in Firefox]
>>
>> That could be confusing for a visitor. If there is a scroll bar, the
>> user might want to try to scroll for more content - and if there is
>> none? Please don't mess with the UA.
>
> Agree. 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.


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Safalra (Stephen Morley)

Common Web Browser Window Sizes:
http://www.safalra.com/web-design/usability/common-browser-window-sizes/

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