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2024 is invisible, the current trend being that you aren't allowed to see anything you can scroll until you hover over it.
I dislike this trend of invisible UI. I'm (usually) on a 4k screen, I've got plenty of room for it, it's not the early 2000s anymore; stop hiding the fuckin scroll bar or video progress bar
I think most people are on laptops now. Blows my mind but yeah.
My comparison is that screen size is like desk size. A laptop being those tiny pull out side desks at college, and a monitor being a desk. I was massively downvoted for that. People like their small screens.
I get a poked fun at a little bit on mechanical keyboard communities for preferring a full-size (I gotta type IP's, need a numpad!).
I don't think I could work solely on a laptop without external peripherals, it's just not a good experience (also giant hands and chiclet keys is not a good combo). My work laptop exists permanently folded closed connected to a dock.
I'd put the analogy as trying to cook a multi-course meal in a saucepan on a single burner vs a full stovetop and set of pans (also you only have a paring knife).
I tried a TKL and a numpad for a while, but it just wasn't comfortable for me for some reason. Not a fan of layering, just doesn't come to me naturally
A few games use it for flight as well
The Amiga 600 was criticised for not having a numpad. I don't think much needed it except DPaint (but that was a bit of very popular software).
I like the trend of invisible UI. It keeps the display free of clutter and persistent UI elements (hello, OLED) and doesn't hinder usability at all. I hide scroll bars whenever possible because middle clicking is far more convenient than click-dragging. Hidden elements always appear by using a related action--moving the mouse reveals the play bar, scrolling reveals the scroll bar. It's completely intuitive. I even remove the forward, backward and reload buttons on my browser because gestures and shortcuts are just faster.
UIs are near-universally as clean and functional as ever.. at least on macOS. Windows appears to be a clusterfuck. Linux is alright.
Larger documents that I can drag the scroll bar to specific points, rather than PageUp/down or scroll manually (also wtf is up with acrobats scroll speed?? Shits slow as balls)
You might prefer other PDF viewers. I always liked Okular.
Sumatra is a bit more minimalistic, but also decent.
Oh I definitely do, no choice in the matter at work sadly.
And you're not allowed to see how much is left to scroll. Company decide everything for you. You just keep doing the income needful.
Only scroll after watching an ad