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Ideas for what Might get included in talk:
Start at the beginning - for comedic effect.
Scrolls - as the start of recording history in some civilizations - wiki scroll
Replaced by Codex (books) wiki books
The reason pages beat scrolls in the physical world was better UX.
- easier to transport.
- a codex allows random access, as opposed to a scroll, which uses sequential access.
- bla bla bla - other examples
Data vis on scrolls vs data vis in books. (perhaps make the case that scrolls had some benefits over books in this arena in terms of UX & access)
(insert humorous timeline of events between scrolls and scrolling - xcd style)
Some things have changed
Question to research: What was the original thought around the web page - was it more of a page in a book or more of a scroll on a shelf?
Show early mouse and scrollbar examples
Scrollbar examples - image from https://twitter.com/ilistes/status/250658949467099136 or http://mashable.com/2012/09/26/scrollbar-history/ (could update with latest ones from Yosemite - if they look different...)
Scrollbars on the Right - gives some background / history of the scrollbar. when it jumped from left to righthand side. some experimentation done with early HTML browsers.
- scroll allows complete access all at one time.
- But UX still isn't great
Good overview of the initial development of the scrollwheel on Coding Horror
Patents:
Mice have turned into track pads have turned into touch screens.
Now the experience is ready for the scroll, but is web technology?
Its relation to data visualization
Its use of mixed media
Steppers vs Scrollers.