Win scroll bar evolution .psd

16 Responses

1. Pro Adrien Olczak

   funny how 27 years later we're going back to where it all started. over-styling aside, touchscreen and gestures are playing a big role in these new invisible (or visible when needed) interface trends.

   also lets designers more time to think of the underlying interactions.

   Check the full evolution

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   8 months ago

2. Takahashi Alex

   excuse me, but where is mac? xD

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   8 months ago

3. Pro Bobby Giangeruso

   Pretty crazy how things end up. Only if we can predict this kinda stuff back in 1988.

   8 months ago

4. Pro Adrien Olczak

   @Takahashi Alex ha! its about at the same point actually http://cl.ly/image/3q1n1M070S1d/o

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   8 months ago

5. Pro Dan Lebowitz

   This is awesome to see visualized. Thanks!

   8 months ago

6. Leonard Latescu

   everything is coming back again and again and again :)

   8 months ago

7. Brad L'estrange

   I like it how the mac ones are just getting smaller :P

   8 months ago

8. Kiran Jonnalagadda

   Isn't the 3.0 scrollbar off a bit? Windows 3.x had fixed size thumbs. Windows 95 introduced the idea of a scrollbar thumb inversely proportional to the content size.

   8 months ago

9. Pro Adrien Olczak

   @Kiran Jonnalagadda true, made the whole consistent so that dimensions doesn't disturb from the main point.

   8 months ago

10. shok15

    only minimal!

    8 months ago

11. Pro Lukas Rybacki

    cool, i would go with the 1988s anyway ^^

    8 months ago

12. Thomas Michalak

    @Adrien Olczak except Apple worked it out in 2007 instead of 2012 ;)

    I guess it a natural evolution, we'll probably go back to over detailled ui design in a few years, when we'll all be feed up with simplicity.

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    8 months ago

13. Pro Mads E. U. Sorensen

    Screens got better and better over the years, and therefore more and more detail were added. The simplicity in the 80's were forced, but now, even with this good screens, we still want simple. Less is more.

    8 months ago

14. Pro Brian Kalwat

    I wonder what the reactions would be if you showed designers in 1988 the current-day design along with "this is where we're heading"...

    8 months ago

15. Eduardo Moratinos

    It´s about users knowledge concerning what a scroll bar is, it seems like in 2012 we all recognize it even in it´s most essential form. Affordance gets unnecessary for common objects.

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    8 months ago

16. Pro ididi

    interesting

    7 months ago