http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4849/
* Looks more modern and professional,
* Allows the user to read while they scroll with the mouse wheel,
* In (for example) a Pidgin chat window the motion of a smooth scroll when you receive a message draws you eye: our brains are configured to respond to movement,
* Smooth movement is natural - jerky movement is not,
* Everyone else is doing it!

What would be required is for enough Ubuntu devs to discuss this on the Gtk mailing list, to show there is a demand for it. Once implemented this would include all Gtk applications, including Nautilus, Firefox and Pidgin.

[390 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4849


[38 votes] Solution #2: Implement pixel-based scrolling for touchpads, instead of virtual button events


[2 votes] Solution #3: Implement Via Desktop Effects


]]> en-us Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:31:51 +0000 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:03:17 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4849/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:22:36 +0000
Perhaps there would need to be a way to turn it off, say for slower machines.]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:29:24 +0000 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:11:20 +0000
in GTK+ however, scrolling seems to be something that's not smooth at all. I scroll, and I don't get any screenupdates until it stops again (Unless the scrolling is really slow). If that's your sense of smooth scrolling, then I think you mean just scrolling has to be fixed.

If you really are thinking of the slow down, speed up thing when scrolling is initiated, Let's wait till they fix the normal scrolling first, and then have an option added for smooth scroll :)]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:31:28 +0000 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:02:43 +0000
Even a few years ago, I used Gentoo and they have a patch to add smooth-scrolling to Gtk. I had a Pentium 4 then and I honestly noticed no slow down from the patch.]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:14:56 +0000
The only escape is KDE, Windows or to use a Mozilla product as like Firefox and Thunderbird.]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:45:04 +0000
For reference I am currently on an XP machine with firefox 2.0.0.12. I have not tested this on my Ubuntu machine at home - I assume it will be the same.

Smooth scrolling is good in this version for the reasons below.

Turning smooth scrolling on does not slow down the rate of scroll. Nor does the page keep scrolling when you stop moving the scroll wheel. With one scroll wheel click the text will slide up the screen in a way that your eyes can follow it (for 4 lines of text). With smooth scrolling dis-abled the text 'jumps' 4 lines at a time - much harder to follow.

I don't think this nice sort of smooth scrolling should be confused with the horrible experiences one can have with other applications - before firefox, smooth scrolling in internet explorer made the webpage feel like it was attached to a rubberband. I hope that makes sense, but it was definately something to disable.]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:54:59 +0000 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:18:04 +0000
How do you think windows apps do that? They don't render every time!]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:27:56 +0000

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:42:51 +0000 Firefox has smooth-scrolling, and it's fine.

Turn Compiz with nVidia/AIGLX on. Smooth means "jerky".]]> Tue, 20 May 2008 14:26:20 +0000 Turn Compiz with nVidia/AIGLX on. Smooth means "jerky".


If you're going to use unstable software (Compiz) you have to expect some problems with it.


PS: you can actually mitigate the jerkiness of Compiz in Ubuntu by installing CCSM, starting it, going into General settings then turning off "Detect Refresh Rate" and putting the refresh rate to 200 - though I'm not entirely sure why this actually works.]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 16:26:15 +0000 On my laptop, when using the mousepad to scroll, it will often keep scrolling after you have removed your finger from the pad, in addition to being jerky. I'm running a very new computer, and there is no reason, with good programming we couldn't make the scrolling work on a slower computer. I also checked out scrolling in Evolution, and it moves close to one line at a time. By one line I mean while scrolling through the list of messages, if you drag the scroll bar on the side, the minimum resolution is about 1 message. Why is it so wide?
If gtk could store what isn't being shown all in a buffer, up to a certain limit I suppose, it seems like it could have much better scrolling, at the same speed as moving a window around.
This is a serious problem with Ubuntu, because it's such an untidy cornerstone.]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:47:05 +0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:49:04 +0000
http://lists-archives.org/gtk-devel/07312-smooooth-scrolling-gtk.html]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:12:48 +0000
n add/remove programs the scrolling IS HORRIBLE, it draws the new part evey time you scrool a little, and while your scrolling, IT TOTALLY SUCKS. however i do not think scroling should be slowed down to not be jumpy, but there needs to be a suitable bufer or drawn scroll so that you can ACTUALLY FRIGGEN SCROLL IN SOME OF THE SHITTY SCROLLS LIKE ADD/REMOVE.

/rant]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:59:01 +0000 I also added an Add-On called SmoothWheel. The default scroll in Firefox animates the scroll at one speed. This Add-On makes the speed more smooth. It reminds me of the scrolling in Opera or Safari.
So it would be really nice to see this kind of scrolling in GTK apps. Nautilus would be amazing, and Gedit, Rhythmbox, and Synaptic would also benefit.]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:08:34 +0000 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:24:53 +0000 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:31:31 +0000 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:33:58 +0000 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:03:17 +0000