From nobody Tue May 17 15:27:18 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEAE71AEDB53 for ; Tue, 17 May 2022 15:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from mailhost.m5p.com (mailhost.m5p.com [74.104.188.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "m5p.com", Issuer "R3" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4L2g3T6bfjz4qMh for ; Tue, 17 May 2022 15:27:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from [IPV6:2001:470:1f07:15ff::26] (court.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:15ff:0:0:0:26]) (authenticated bits=0) by mailhost.m5p.com (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 24HFRJG1088777 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 17 May 2022 11:27:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 11:27:18 -0400 List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.0 Content-Language: en-US To: FreeBSD Hackers From: George Mitchell Subject: Shy scroll bars Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=10.0 tests=HELO_NO_DOMAIN autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) on mattapan.m5p.com X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4L2g3T6bfjz4qMh X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of george@m5p.com designates 74.104.188.4 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=george@m5p.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.57 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[m5p.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.980]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.86)[-0.859]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.57)[0.570]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-hackers]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:701, ipnet:74.104.0.0/16, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[freebsd]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Among the "features" that have appeared in Firefox 100 is my least favorite from Linux's so-called Unity interface: in the name of maximizing non-wasted screen space, scroll bars shrink to maybe two or three pixels in width whenever the cursor is not in their vicinity. Sure, this does give a tiny bit more space to other uses, but it means you can't see at a glance where you have scrolled to in a large image or document. (At least, it's hard for my aged eyes.) Is there some way to persuade Firefox not to do this? Thanks for your attention. -- George