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Re:“We would be willing to set up a $2,500 bounty to impleme... by bluthru on Sunday April 05, 2015 @10:36PM (#9326179)
>Websites already implement their own scroll bars - Gmail, Google Spreadsheets, etc.

As an OS X user who enjoys not seeing scrollbars, I find Google's use of them downright intrusive.

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Re:“We would be willing to set up a $2,500 bounty to impleme... by userbinator on Monday April 06, 2015 @03:06AM (#9326974)
This is a good point - users are accustomed to the scrollbar style of the system they're using (which is often an adjustable preference), so it makes sense for scrollbars in web apps to follow what the OS does.

While my scrollbar preferences are very different from yours (I prefer ones that are always-visible, large and easy-to-grab), I agree that the web apps you use should conform to your UI preferences, and not the other way around.

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