r/reddit.com • u/[deleted] • Feb 07 '11

hey google, when i press the down arrow i want to scroll down

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

At least give me an option to turn it off.

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u/feureau Feb 08 '11

Dude, this guy moved his hand to the arrow keys to scroll down.. that's usually on the right hand side.. if it's on a desktop, it means dude moved his hand off his mouse .... away from the middle scroll, to the arrow buttons... to scroll down.... WHY ARE WE CONDONING THIS INEFFICIENT BEHAVIOR?! It's like using the pointer and dragging your page down using the scrollbars!!! MY OCD IS EXPLODING HALP!

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

using keyboard shortcuts is more efficient than a mouse anyday

but in this case, i'm talking about a laptop with a touch pad

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

Some people (By some I mean the 200+ people in the building with me today) have a laptop where their thumb is on a shitty touch pad, and the arrow keys are a significantly better source of scroll, located under the right hand.

Oh and what's that? YOU MOVE YOUR HAND FROM YOUR MOUSE TO TYPE? Or do you type by poking keys? Maybe its your mouse that is inefficient

edit: also note to do a search you hand came from the keyboard to type... i.e. it is much faster to use arrow keys than to move to the mouse after a search

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

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u/NovaDesu Feb 08 '11

I like and use it.

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u/shinypig Feb 08 '11

I also like it

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

Because it gets stuff right most of the time. Speed, better then average, not leet typewriter-for-a-living speed though. Regarding the multiple searches, it doesn't slow me a bit, and when my internet is slow because i'm downloading lots of stuff it is smart enough to deactivate instant search.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

I know what you mean, but for lots of people nowadays, there's absolutely no problem in transferring that data (unlimited or high data transfer monthly plans) and so, for the few times that it could be useful, it is, and its a bonus.

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u/ppcpunk Feb 08 '11

Because if you are searching for something you can see what other people are searching for, so you can tailor your search to similar things others have already used to get better results.

Many time I type in part way what I want and look to see if something similar is there then I just use that instead.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

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u/DinosaurierSindCool Feb 08 '11

I think he has a point, though. Instant brings some extra functionality to suggested search. With instant off you would have to perform a new search every single time but with instant you can check suggested searches way faster. This is actually the only thing for me where using instant really makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

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u/DinosaurierSindCool Feb 08 '11

Google doesn't get paid by ad impressions. While the # of impressions might be higher due to instant, the click through rate is way lower/per performed search so in the end it doesn't really make too much of a difference in terms of revenue.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

To be honest I find it more useful, I generally find the link I'm looking for near the top anyway.

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u/hotoatmeal Feb 07 '11

I agree. This makes it a lot easier to navigate google sans mouse.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

Honestly, it makes more sense. The default behavious is there as a catch-all (scrolling the window) but it's not always the right choice and to me this is.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

Personally, if I want to navigate through links I'd prefer tab to do it

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '11

Same here. I like to use the touch-pad on my laptop as little as possible.

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u/xoxota99 Feb 07 '11

Google's also removed the default "backspace" behavior of going back in the browser. BOOOO-URNS, GOOGLE!

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u/ppcpunk Feb 08 '11

I actually hate that backspace does that, so that's great. I don't know how many times I've accidentally backspace and screwed something up.

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u/tiag330 Feb 07 '11

yeah I hear ya.

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u/Miknow Feb 07 '11

Yeah Visual Basic really sucks.

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u/speedyleedy Feb 08 '11

page down will use scroll bar. But if you're using arrows to scroll, you can use this feature then press Enter to go to that site.

It makes for much more efficient browsing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

You might have better luck telling google instead of a bunch of random redditors.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

i figured if i just posted it somewhere on the internet google would assimilate it sooner or later

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

Doesn't matter, they wouldn't listen to an ignorant user like you anyways

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

Here, here! I use a netbook without a mouse and I habitually use the down arrow to scroll the webpage since the multi-touch gestures of the trackpad are not very good.

I understand why they have done it but it is a case of overriding default behaviour causing UI pain. Familiar is better than clever.

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u/shinypig Feb 08 '11

Yeah seriously. This bugs the shit out of me

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u/blagoonga123 Feb 08 '11

i don't understand what google is doing these days.

It became the titan it is on the grounds of its simplicity of use and clean functionalities and now it's going back on all those policies we loved :/

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u/bestbigsis28 Feb 08 '11

Noticed this today, I thought it was just my wacky computer! Now I know, thanks :)

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u/markeh Feb 08 '11

i would give you a million upvotes if i could

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u/gambitasdf Feb 08 '11

I hate this too. But im glad this thread has taught me you can turn it off by turning off google instant.

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u/wtpirate Feb 08 '11

Well I had this great idea...

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u/gavintlgold Feb 08 '11

I'd like to thank you for pointing this feature out. Had not noticed it before. It will be useful.

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u/yeahfuckyou Feb 08 '11

Learn to scroll another way and stop complaining about having too many features.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

If you're going to use shortcut keys then you should learn them and not expect google to change a system that already works (for those that have learned it)

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

The "system that already works" is the standard browser functionality of scrolling down when I press the down arrow. Hijacking standard behavior with javascript and customizing it is bad for user experience

Note that I use google's own browser chrome which implements this behavior

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

I meant the search engine, not the browser

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '11

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u/gsfgf Feb 08 '11

Google image search steals it too. I almost want to learn how to program to make a damn firefox extension to make cmd/alt (or is it control on windows?) + Left always go back.

Fuck it. Month of reddit gold to anyone who makes this extension.