And no, trying to scroll every control just to find this out is not my ideal of usability and comfort.
We know the exact temperature and humidity outside, we have logs of the exact times that our smart lights turned on and off. Our watches tell us our heart rate throughout the day and even its variability. Our phones monitor how much we use them, and in which apps, and report back weekly. When I had outlook in the office, it would summarize how much time I spent in meetings, seemingly to increase my stress level one more notch.
The lack of a scroll bar returns mystery, but even more, it brings us back to a simpler time when we weren't overloaded by information such as "how much is left of this text?" or "is there a button hidden somewhere on this page that allows me to complete my task, or is the app just broken?"
These are the sorts of small joys that we miss in the Information Age.
It is an enabler of information overload, not a solution or respite.
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that information can be conveyed with a 1-pixel wide bar with proper color contrast, not requiring a waste of the whole scrollbar's width
Maybe this bright idea that information and control are separate things can inspire the future gen of UI designers to actually make this a reality