[aasasd]

Keyboard scrolling problems are almost the norm these days, as sites apparently implement fixed headers and footers by embedding the scrollable area, and the focus is somewhere else on the start. I guess pretty much no one tests keyboard scrolling, and the wheel is the king.

Problems with the wheel are rarer: afaik OSX normally scrolls whatever area your point at, and the focus is irrelevant, which is nice. Not sure about Windows and Linux/Unix GUIs, though—iirc Windows does take the focus into account, and you can scroll while the cursor is elsewhere.

I gotta say, generally the idea of indirect ‘keyboard focus’ affecting scrolling is kinda annoying when the screen area is right there asking to be used directly, and the mouse cursor at least simulates this 2d interaction. But then again, I'm still waiting for some manufacturer to have the idea of a touchpad in the middle of the keyboard where my hands already are (no hope for the arrow keys, though).

[a3n]

> iirc Windows does take the focus into account, and you can scroll while the cursor is elsewhere.

Which is damn annoying, since it ignores what a mouse pointer does 1st before anything else: it points at what you're interested in, and when results aren't what you wanted, you move the mouse (if that's what you're using).