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FFS I was hoping VanL's comment was here. The article starts of with a "the world is fucking burning, motherfucker, build your nuklear shelter in the woods! NOW!"

Honestly, is this patent any different than shit we've seen over the last 5 years from many different companies?

Oh boy, more litigation, more fees, etc, etc. I just want google to get pissed enough to start suing for map-reduce.

Now having said all that "and the vertical bar does not act as a scroll bar" -- that is a obvious improvement, you cannot claim that it took years of research to figure this shit out. This will not hold up in court. It will, however, cost lots of $$$$.