I like it. My current method of reading a long body of text is to keep my current position at the top of the page and scroll down line by line. With this, my eyes follow down the page with the black bar refreshing to the next page scrolling right behind them, then at the end my eyes jump back to the top and the scroll bar loops.
It worked really well for me, was a really pleasant way to read, and helped me keep my place better. I'll be using this in Chrome.
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Edit: After using it to read a few articles, here are some additional thoughts.
* I don't have to be as vigilant with scrolling to keep my position (at the top of the page, in my previous method). I can track where I am on the page based on its vertical position, because that's not changing anymore.
* I wish the bar were more visible. I want to be able to track it in my periphery.
* I can scroll up on the first page. I shouldn't be able to.
* The reversed scroll direction in Mac OS X 10.8 doesn't make sense anymore. I feel like I should be controlling the bar. Perhaps reverse the scroll direction?
It worked really well for me, was a really pleasant way to read, and helped me keep my place better. I'll be using this in Chrome.
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Edit: After using it to read a few articles, here are some additional thoughts.
* I don't have to be as vigilant with scrolling to keep my position (at the top of the page, in my previous method). I can track where I am on the page based on its vertical position, because that's not changing anymore.
* I wish the bar were more visible. I want to be able to track it in my periphery.
* I can scroll up on the first page. I shouldn't be able to.
* The reversed scroll direction in Mac OS X 10.8 doesn't make sense anymore. I feel like I should be controlling the bar. Perhaps reverse the scroll direction?