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by 2301421898 1104 days ago
IIRC (tho I could be making this up), scrollbars became overlay because most mice have a scroll wheel and most trackpads have gesture scrolling support. These are faster than a scroll bar, because you don't need to move your mouse to the side of the screen to use them.
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Try to scroll a 1500 pages PDF with the mouse.