[DM-MUG] New Lion OS

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Chris Van Cleve
<chris at vanclevefamily.net>wrote:

>
> It will be interesting. I find kids always try to go with "natural"
> scrolling first when set in front of a device, be it iPad or Computer, so I
> think this will win out in the end. Food for thought: if using the TouchPad
> is not direct manipulation (agreed), what difference does it make if you
> think about pushing the content or pushing a scroll thumb? It's the same
> concept, just a difference in what you are expecting to move. It's more
> "natural" to think you're pushing the content, not a control. We'll have to
> see where it ends up. :)
>
>
Well, I think that indirect manipulation is unnatural no matter which way
you're scrolling. :-) Therefore the problem won't be the people being
exposed to the computer for the first time, it'll be the people who have
been using it for a while and are already used to it being a certain way.
The new way breaks Warsaw's four law [1] for the huge number of existing
users. I try to justify it being the way it is now by visualizing that what
I'm moving is the scrollbar, not the actual document. :-) Swipe/wheel down
and the scroll bar moves down.

[1] http://barry.warsaw.us/software/laws.html
Barry Warsaw is a coworker and friend. Usually his second law is the most
important but all have their place. ;-)

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