On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Dylan Smith dylan.ah.smith@gmail.com wrote:
When dragging the scrollbar thumb with the mouse, the mouse is able to move away from the scrollbar and keep scrolling so long as it isn't too far away from the scrollbar. This makes it easier to quickly scroll with the mouse.
This patch is an alternative to the Windows approach of allowing the mouse to be dragged a certain distance from the scrollbar, and instead allows the mouse to be dragged any distance away and still scroll. Although this is different from Windows, it shouldn't result in any compatibility issues.
It is my personal opinion that this is a simpler and more usable approach.
It doesn't matter if you think it's simpler and more usable. We are bug-for-bug compatible with Windows.