> Obtrusive scrollbars: scrollbars that take up screen real estate. These do not overlay on top of the content, but appear next to it.
> Unobtrusive scrollbars: scrollbars that sit on top of the content. These don’t subtract screen real estate away from the container they belong to.
See, I would call "scrollbars covering content" to be obtrusive and "scrollbars outside of the content area" to be unobtrusive...
The main scroll bar in my browser should be completely off limits, and treated as part of the browser and not the page. Divs inside the page with their own scrollbars are another matter, but even then...
> Unobtrusive scrollbars: scrollbars that sit on top of the content. These don’t subtract screen real estate away from the container they belong to.
See, I would call "scrollbars covering content" to be obtrusive and "scrollbars outside of the content area" to be unobtrusive...
The main scroll bar in my browser should be completely off limits, and treated as part of the browser and not the page. Divs inside the page with their own scrollbars are another matter, but even then...