I slid on down to Apple.com for some side-scrolling, mystical adventures!

[ZiggyPastorius]

But, I was just wondering this...How come Apple's own website, in the Mac section, doesn't support two-finger scrolling? At the top of the Mac section, there's a cover flow type area that has Macbooks, Macbook Pros, Final cut, all that stuff...you know what I mean..how come I can't use my two-finger scrolling in that?

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Probably cause that part is based on Flash. And scrolling doesn't work in Flash (even the scroll wheel).

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

Probably cause that part is based on Flash. And scrolling doesn't work in Flash (even the scroll wheel).

That sucks..I wish it worked, because I absolutely despise having to click the scroll bar and drag it 😀 Haven't liked that too much ever since the spinny wheel things on mouses were invented..>.>Whenever that was.

 

[apfhex]

It's actually not Flash at all, but Javascript. Still doesn't mean you can use a mouse/trackpad to scroll in it though.

 

[Luigi239]

Probably cause that part is based on Flash. And scrolling doesn't work in Flash (even the scroll wheel).

Thats not flash, thats ajax, which doesn't produce an actual "scroll" widget like if your going up and down the page. Thats why the scroll bar itself looks different.

EDIT: Or maybe its javascript like apfhex said.

 

[jsw]

EDIT: Or maybe its javascript like apfhex said.

AJAX is just "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML", so you're right, it is JavaScript.

And XML. 🙂

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Well, whatever it is, you can't scroll in it. And I can't imagine anyone hanging out on that page enough to really care.

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

Well, whatever it is, you can't scroll in it. And I can't imagine anyone hanging out on that page enough to really care.

Touché. I don't go to Apple.com hardly at all, unless I need to check some specs or find something in the store or something, but, I was on there today and I just remembered that, so I figured I'd ask 😛 Thanks for the info, everybody xD