[Users] Scary composer feature: disappearing address fields

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hello,

Le Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:29:48 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <info.mardorf at rocketmail.com> a écrit:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:19:36 -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote:
> >On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:14:59 +0000 Paul wrote:
> >
> >>When you enter an address, notice the scrollbar on the right.  
> >
> >This complaint happens quite a bit. Maybe moving the scroll bar to
> >where the user's eyes are focusing would help...  such as having it
> >appear between the {To|Bcc|...} selectors and the address inputs...
> >
> >:)
> 
> That's an odd idea, it absolutely makes no sense to change the design
> this way.
> 
> Scroll bars should be on the bottom for horizontal and on the
> right side for vertical scrolling. This are the most common
> places, that fit best to the averaged work-flow.

It looks like not everyone infers that the most common placement
isnecessarily the best or even a good one:

http://www.humanfactors.com/newsletters/location_of_the_scrollbar.asp

:)

(and IMO their arguments are compelling enough to not just push them
aside. How about a hidden option to change the scrollbar placement
from right-side to left-side?)

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.