Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by prakhar897 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:36PM (#25247408)

Hey, Nice Game! One suggestion - Can you add an indicator so that people will know to scroll down for rules and stuff. I figured this out really late and by then, I had already googled all the rules.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by jessym on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:10PM (#25248120)

Interesting... I’ll try to add some kind of indicator to show there’s some more content below the fold

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by gibolt on Sunday November 29, 2020 @05:21PM (#25248638)

A button/option named Rules and Type that scrolls to the right place might be nice.

Also didn't notice the flower until it was nearly complete.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by josepmdc on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:39PM (#25247436)

Yes, the same happened to me. Maybe an extra button where the music and hint buttons are that says how to play or something like that.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by wolfgke on Sunday November 29, 2020 @03:57PM (#25248014)

> Can you add an indicator so that people will know to scroll down for rules and stuff.

It's called a "scrollbar" and shown in the browser.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by capableweb on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:31PM (#25248269)

You're right, there is something called a "scrollbar", but many people don't see it because they are using macOS which for some reason hides the scrollbars by default.

Also phones/touchpads don't see scrollbars I think.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by xodice on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:42PM (#25250249)

macOS does indeed show the scrollbar at all times when a input device other than a touchpad is attached.

My desktop Mac never hides the scrollbar, as it uses a normal mouse, however when I was using a Magic Trackpad the scrollbar would indeed hide unless I was actively scrolling.

Odd behavior.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by dylan604 on Monday November 30, 2020 @12:51AM (#25251091)

There's actually a system preference that shows/hides the scrollbar.

System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars

• Automatically based on mouse or trackpad

• When scrolling

• Always (because I remember when smart phones didn't exist)

I keep mine at option 3 because I'm a dinosaur

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by xodice on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:37AM (#25255627)

Good info, had no clue that was a configurable option. Thanks for the knowledge!

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by Bjartr on Sunday November 29, 2020 @11:19PM (#25250685)

If someone is asking for an scroll indicator, it's safe to assume that, for some reason, the native scroll affordance has been hidden from them.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game by wolfgke on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:20AM (#25251759)

Indeed - but then the person asking should better look in the systems/browser settings; this has nothing to do with the website.

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