History of Scrollbars

This presentation is on the history and the evolution of the scrollbars.

The Beginning of Scrollbars

Smalltalk (1977) Interlisp (1980) both had their scrollbars on the left side of the window

Xerox Star (1981~1982) Scrollbar on the right side of the window

Past vs Present

Keywords in a scrollbar

1. Vertical Root
2. Horizontal Root
3. Vertical Small Decrease
4. Horizontal Small Decrease
5. Vertical Large Decrease
6. Horizontal Large Decrease
7. Vertical Thumb
8. Horizontal Thumb
9. Vertical Large Increase
10. Horizontal Large Increase
11. Vertical Small Increase
12. Horizontal Small Increase

More detailed keywords / information of a scrollbar

Different kinds / custom-made scrollbars

Round-edge scrollbars

Sliders

Customize your own

Custom-made scrollbars

Different kinds of scrollbars

Custom-made scrollbars2

Curved scrollbar

Major platform's scrollbars

Apple

List of Mac OS evolution of scrollbars from the first creation to the most present.

Microsoft Windows

List of Microsoft evolution of scrollbars from the first creation to the most present.