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Mac OS X 10.7 to Get iOS Scrollbars?

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With less than 24 hours from Apple's Back to the Mac media event, a few more claims have been trickling in. MacStories claims to have information about some subtle interface changes to Apple's next version of Mac OS X. According to the site, iOS's influence will be apparent in 10.7's window scroll bars:
The first big news is iOS scroll bars and scrolling behavior are coming to OS X. That means you'll have to say goodbye to the current Aqua scroll bars and get ready for a more minimal look. Also, the "rubber band" elastic scrolling iOS is famous for is making its first appearance on the desktop, and we're told it "works really well and feels natural". Basically, it works like the current inertial scrolling, but when you hit the top or bottom of a scroll view it "rubber bands" down like iOS devices do.
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The site also reports a new Quick Look interface.

MacStories has not been a regular source of Apple-related rumors, so we can't comment on their reliability. Mac OS X visual changes have always been a big topic of discussion and speculation over the years.

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Article Link: Mac OS X 10.7 to Get iOS Scrollbars?
 
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kas23

kas23

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This is the beginning of the end folks. The iOS interface appears dated and this is actually a step backwards.
 
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kingsal

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I wonder if the scroll bar will disappear when you don't need it like it does in iOS when you touch to scroll. Very cool.
 
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TheE3Guy

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Any UI changes should be purely optional. Also, OSX already has inertial scrolling...so how is this any different?
 
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JS77

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I hope this isn't the "revolutionary" new feature that's being touted in 10.7... :eek:
 
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karsten

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I was thinking how I liked those translucent bars a minute ago :)
 
morespce54

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Well except for the rubber-band effect, I don't see it a killer features yet... Even that feature is not really exciting. The magic mouse and the glass track pad scrolling, now that was a Wow factor (even if it had nothing to do with the OS...)

But then, nothing changed that much in the UI since tiger/leopard/sl so anything new is good...
 
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jackeill

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Yeah, and now scrolling thru my 12 years old inbox would take forever, instead of just pointing the place on the scrollbar where I would like to go.
 
talmy

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As far as I can tell, the iOS "Scroll Bar" doesn't scroll at all -- it's just an indicator and you can't select it. You scroll by dragging the page up and down. So how do you quickly move to page 200 of a 400 page document? Easy to do with a real scroll bar. Of course with scrolling on a trackpad or mouse the need for a scrollbar is reduced to only the quick, course positioning.
 
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ModestForumName

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jackeill said:
Yeah, and now scrolling thru my 12 years old inbox would take forever, instead of just pointing the place on the scrollbar where I would like to go.
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I'm sure the bar will apear when you move a cursor over it. Come on now, they're smarter than that.
 
DavidLeblond

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jackeill said:
Yeah, and now scrolling thru my 12 years old inbox would take forever, instead of just pointing the place on the scrollbar where I would like to go.
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I'm sure the scroll bar would appear if you hovered your mouse over the right side of the screen. I don't think they'd do away with functionality like that.

EDIT: ModestForumName beat Slow Typing Me to the punch.
 
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Juo100

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Does anyone know if there will be a live video stream of the event this time? Im having a few friends over for the event, I assumed there would be a live stream but .... will there actually be one?

Thanks :D
 
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