key buffer

[DanR]

Curious about this.
With web pages that have quite a bit of scroll area... like newspaper sites...
I've noticed that when I use my down arrow key it behaves two ways depending on
what web site I'm visiting. If I hold the "down arrow" key down for say 1 second
the page will scroll and immediately stop scrolling when I release the "down
arrow" key. At other web sites the page continues to scroll after I have
released the "down arrow" key. So I'm assuming this is because of a key buffer.
Is the latter behavior intended or the result of some other factor. I find it
annoying when the pages continues to scroll.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Can't say I ever use the keys to scroll Dan, a mouse with a wheel is a good
thing but gets to be habit forming

There are two components to your key repeat speed, a pause before it starts
to repeat and then the pause between all subsequent repeats. It may just be
that under some circumstances (ie the machine is busier or whatever) your
secondary repeat setting is a little faster than the rest of the machine and
browser can keep up with, so instead the keys are buffered.

The thing is if you like the repeat speed as it is for text work there's not
much you can do, there is only one setting for it unless the mouse
manufacturer has some software gizmos. Generally windows sees key presses
and mouse clicks even when very busy on other things so I suspect this is
what you are seeing.

Charlie

 

[DanR]

Charlie... it seems to me that this effect where the page continues to scroll is
unique to some web pages and not others. I don't think it's my computer. I'll
have to take notice of a web page that does this. Most do not. When I read
"long" pages on the web I sometimes use the arrow key, sometimes the wheel mouse
and sometimes the space bar to move a screen at a time.

 

[DanR]

Here is one such web page that has this continuing scroll effect.
It seems to be most noticeable when at the bottom and using the up arrow key.
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,12395237-23210,00.html