[linux-audio-dev] mouse wheel behavior and RFC: human interface guidelines

Melanie melanie at t-data.com
Sat Aug 21 18:06:01 UTC 2004


Hi,

On 2004.08.21 20:05 Florian Schmidt wrote:
> Hmm, i cannot believe that users really expect the horizontal scrollbars
> to go right when wheeling down. That just doesn't feel natural at all.

Well, it does feel perfectly natural to me...

> Has there been research done? I would like to see some sources to back
> that up..

Micro$oft has done the most extensive UI research known to man. Their 
sliders move left when wheeling up.... go figure!

Melanie




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