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Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ??

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Mel Smith wrote on 22 dec 2011 in comp.lang.javascript:

> 
> "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9FC3CECB6351Eeejj99@194.109.133.133...
>> Mel Smith wrote on 22 dec 2011 in comp.lang.javascript:
>>
>>> (I have a 613-row table that is agonizing to vertically scroll using
>>> the one-finger swiping method)
>>
>> 613??
>>
>> Better think of a more friendly alternative for any browser.
> 
> 
>  Well, I have 613 Homes in my Senior's Park, and a line for each
>  home (7 columns), so it works perfectly with a scroll bar


To view 7 fields on a line is not an easy way to view a record.
HTML gives much easier viewable ways of formatting a record.

Why not give the viewer choices of diaplay?

> and a few search
> fields and sorting methods based on Denis McMahon's Javascript methods
> for sorting. 

"it works perfectly"?

Your Q shows it does not.

A list of 613  lines can better, IMHO, be devided in smaaler groups, by 
first letter or by adress or by age, according to the wishes of the 
viewer. Serverside SQL search is perfect for the job. 

> So, when a user wishes to got to the bottom (or top) of the table
> (based on 1 of 4 different sorting columns/methods), 
> a quick slide of the scroll bar is easy.

Only in certain browsers perhaps, as your Q shows.

But why should a user want to go to the top or the bottom,
there are much more informative ways to show a selection.

>  But, with no Scroll bar, you can wear out  your finger *and*
>  patience  ! 

Quite, that is also an argument not to use scrolling lists of such 
length, there are better ways to show a selection.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-22 11:19 -0700
  Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-22 19:19 +0000
    Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-22 12:54 -0700
      Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-22 20:23 +0000
        Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-22 14:55 -0700
          Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-22 22:32 +0000
          Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-23 09:43 +1100
          Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-12-23 14:56 +0100
            Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-23 08:54 -0700
  Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? Dr J R Stockton <reply1151@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-23 20:18 +0000
    Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-24 11:56 +1100
    Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-24 09:01 +0000
      Re: iPad2 Scroll Bars ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-24 11:56 -0700

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