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xpostmanon Microlight.js, a code highlighting library

It's a separate project of mine, actually

https://asvd.github.io/intence/

xpostmanon Microlight.js, a code highlighting library

with except for SQL, of course. SQL syntax is a nonsence, highlighting would not make it any readable

xpostmanon Microlight.js, a code highlighting library

it works... somehow :-)

http://asvd.github.io/microlight/haskel.png

well, since the lib is general, it's built upon compromises. But I am open for suggestions concerning updating the logic for some particular cases

xpostmanon Intence, the scrolling indicator

That's a different thing. The menu on the Intence page is implemented using viewport.js: http://asvd.github.io/viewport/

The Intence itself is the one which highlights top and bottom edges of the area in case if there is something to scroll.

xpostmanon Intence – a new UX concept supposed to replace the scrollbar

Have you faced any complications in understanding how navigation is performed on the page? (if we imagine that the content is not actually related to the subject and does not explain how the indication works)

xpostmanon Intence – a new UX concept supposed to replace the scrollbar

A week ago this project has been published on the news.layervault.com. The UX experts have already submitted tons of negative feedback on the concept:

https://news.layervault.com/stories/46773-intence---the-scro...

Now what do hackers think? Should scrolling indicator necessarily provide the way to control the scrolling position, or can these issues be solved by different widgets? Is this way of indication far too distracting, or does it probably depend on the designer's choice of a texture for the indicator? Is this really a small UX revolution, or just another useless experiment which will soon fall into oblivion?

xpostmanon Dragscroll – a tiny JS library which enables scrolling via mouse drag

This is defined by the developer actually. And besides there is no problem for a user if he does not know that he can scroll with dragging.

xpostmanon Dragscroll – a tiny JS library which enables scrolling via mouse drag

then you will have to manually reset the mouse on the table :-D

xpostmanon Dragscroll – a tiny JS library which enables scrolling via mouse drag

There probaby an bug in dragscroll then. It is not supposed to break the behaviour on tablets, will test it..

xpostmanon Dragscroll – a tiny JS library which enables scrolling via mouse drag

Sorry, I think I don't clearly get what you mean. Tablets normally scroll smoothly pixel-wise as long as you move the finger. In fact, dragscroll implements the similar behaviour for desktops, because I consider such behaviour as more reasonable in many cases (comparing to selecting the content of the area, I mean).