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by scabbycakes 1925 days ago
I call it Made-By-A-Macitis because it's so common in this industry since MBP's are issued by default almost in web dev companies, which inevitably leads to weird scrollbars here and there on their startup websites until someone else finally reports it or a dev finally breaks down and tests it on any other non-Apple device.
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> dev finally breaks down and tests it on any other non-Apple device

Why the need for an extra device? There's a setting in the System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars: "Always".

Or it will automatically show scroll bars if you're using a mouse.

If you're a web developer and your target audience is not limited to only macOS and mobile, you should have the Show scroll bars set to Always. I'm using a mbp for most of my web dev career and I've always caught these bugs during development.

What I do agree is that Windows or Linux makes this setting a default, which makes it more obvious. While testing on different devices is always better, it's not necessary to catch these trivial problems.

Remember all the "Made for / Works Best in Internet Explorer" buttons from the early 90s/early 00s?

We've gone through a long period of "Works on my Safari".