[wraptile]

Why did it take us so long to get rid of these oversized scrollbars? I can't recall monitor quality of 90s/00s but surely the scrollbars didn't need to take 5% fo the real estate, right?

Makes me wonder what sort of currently extremely common UI elements we'll look down on in the near future.

[hiptobecubic]

It was common for mice not to have wheels. In fact, the mouse that came with the computer shown only had one big button. People needed to be able to actually click on the scroll bar to use it.

[zozbot234]

It's still common for trackpads not to have wheels. "Two-finger" scrolling is clunkier IME than just using tap-and-drag on a scrollbar widget.

[wraptile]

ah, I forgot about that! Though still, it feels like this feature overstayed it's welcome by a decade or so.

[rhinoceraptor]

They seem to be about the same size as scrollbars on Windows 10. Also I'd argue they're way more accessible than the tiny scrollbars that auto-hide on modern MacOS which are very difficult to click on.