Comments on: why are scrollbars on the right?

By: jon

jon — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:11:42 +0000

The Gecko-tip extension for firebox works well enough for web browsing.

By: mark

mark — Tue, 04 May 2004 04:25:35 +0000

I think it really should be a browser option… like what we can do in a mouse, we can make it left- or right-handed-friendly…

By: Altarion

Altarion — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:42:26 +0000

Personally I don’t care where scrollbars are :))
But it might be more comfortable for right-handed people to have them on the right.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 05:57:55 +0000

I think it should be an option / i.e. default scrollbars on the left or the right as a browser setting. As a right hander, I would feel like my wires were crossed if the scrollbar was on the left. I imagine many left handers feel the same way..

By: Omer

Omer — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 14:57:02 +0000

In the Windows 98 Localized version in Hebrew, all of the operating system was mirrored. This was unnatural and Microsoft quickly backtracked in their future versions.
I could suggest a special mode for left-handed persons, with the mouse buttons inverted and all of the scroll bars too, but that would cause massive inconsistencies, IMO.

By: Pete Miller

Pete Miller — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:38:35 +0000

I want them on the left! I have a tablet PC, so I hold the screen like a pad of paper – since I’m left handed I can’t read and scroll at the same time. I have to reach over to drag the scroll bars, blocking the main area of the page with my arm!