Talk:Scrollbar

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Who designed it, Xerox PARC? I have no idea)

  • I vaguely remember that Bill Atkinson did for the Lisa project at Apple, but I don't have any sources for that. I've got my eyes open.--AviDrissman 16:53, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Has anybody else had problems with scrolling since they uploaded the latest Windows update? Now when I scroll, it wants to jump two pages instead of just one. RickK 04:31, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Scrollbar: is the thing you move from left to right and up and down  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.212.239 (talk) 23:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC) 

[edit] Origin of the name "scrollbar"

It has been suggested [1] [2] that the name "scrollbar" is derived as a metaphor from the noun scroll. I can't find a verifiable source for this etymology, though. --Jruderman 18:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)