Custom vs. browser-native scrollbars

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Published on 2011-08-16T16:51:55Z Indexed on 2012/11/29 11:20 UTC
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Including customizable, JavaScript-based scrollbars (and scrolling functionality in general, i.e. bind the control to the mouse scroll wheel) in your webapp can be a great temptation.

However all solutions I could find were developed by individuals (which can equal lack of formal or future support). In addition I fail to remember any mainstream site using them.

In my particular case, no-JavaScript or IE6/odd-browser environments are not intended to be supported.

Should custom scrollbars be avoided nowadays? If not, what's the best option one can choose?

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