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Lock Scroll with a Vengeance

38 pointsby etothetlast Wednesday at 3:42 AM10 commentsview on HN

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sheepttoday at 10:18 AM

I guess a business reason for scroll lock in the TV UIs is that it immediately shows more recommendations as you scroll right, which I suppose could increase engagement.

codeuliketoday at 12:25 PM

My pc, maybe because of the external keyboard I'm using, occasionally decides that Scroll Lock is On and then Excel becomes unusable ... The solution is to bring up the On Screen Keyboard and toggle the virtual scroll lock key ...

stephbooktoday at 3:53 PM

God how i hate these unresponsive TV interfaces. Even the apple TV feels slow and like it renders at half a frame per second.

Instead of selecting something you already see, it feels like you're discovering something that's slow to render.

Imagine your PCs desktop was like this, or your phone's app list. Click once per "next selection." It would drive me mad.

peterladatoday at 12:17 PM

I was today's years old when I learned what Scroll Lock was used for. And I've not had a keyboard with it for about 15 years.

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renewiltordtoday at 11:40 AM

Scrolling on TV strangely annoying. To see any more options on Apple TV you have to go all the way to right and then start going actually to the right. On Netflix can’t search easily. Have to bring everything back to left most first.

oleganzatoday at 10:15 AM

TV examples show that Apple simply has done their scrolling right, while everyone else did not work out the necessary details.

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