- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:23:30 +0200
- To: AndrewWatt2001@aol.com
- CC: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, www-svg@w3.org
On Friday, April 11, 2003, 10:28:15 AM, AndrewWatt2001 wrote: Aac> In a message dated 10/04/2003 22:09:26 GMT Daylight Time, chris@w3.org Aac> writes: >> sv> Why am I not getting scrollbars >> >> Because that is not the only scrolling mechanism. Aac> Chris, Aac> Which other scrolling mechanisms are provided? Provided and possible are different things. Aac> Panning is not scrolling. No, but the converse is true. Scrolling is one way of panning. Aac> Quite straightforward in my view - SVG should provide scroll bars Aac> for use where it is desired / appropriate. Omitting them was a Aac> major faux pas in my view. Aac> The omission of automatic scroll bars in a desktop environment Aac> removes, wholly unnecessarily, a useful and powerful navigation Aac> metaphor in standalone SVG. If, as I understand it, some users Aac> wish not to have scroll bars (I don't recall having heard a Aac> convincing argument for that position) then by all means provide Aac> a switch to turn them off. Having seen implementations (not necessarily of SVG, but for example CGM) that *always* put up scrollbars and thus, are totally unsuitable for many uses of graphics, I think that not forcing them was the right decision. But it seems clear that people want control over the presentation. -- Chris mailto:chris@w3.org
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