They are converging their desktop ui towards their mobile ui.
The scrollbar is learned functionality; if users know it, they know what to do. If you haven't seen it before, then it is not obvious and it is not an obvious way to interact compared to a scroll gesture on trackpad or a touch screen.
Apple can see that more user will be coming that are used to mobile os'es than users experienced in classic desktop ui's.
> Apple can see that more user will be coming that are used to mobile os'es than users experienced in classic desktop ui's.
Modeling a desktop UI off of a mobile UI is just as dumb as modeling a mobile UI off a desktop UI. Each platform has totally different constraints and strengths, shoehorning one into the other will always be a failure.
The scrollbar is learned functionality; if users know it, they know what to do. If you haven't seen it before, then it is not obvious and it is not an obvious way to interact compared to a scroll gesture on trackpad or a touch screen.
Apple can see that more user will be coming that are used to mobile os'es than users experienced in classic desktop ui's.
Apple is correct in hiding the scrollbar.