What is Win7 Scrollbars?
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Newer versions of Chrome have replaced the system native scrollbars with a new design that, among other things, lacks the arrow buttons. This extension restores the scrollbars to the native Windows 7 appearance, including restoring the arrow buttons.
*** FAQs and Common Problems ***
- Why does Chrome warn that Win7 Scrollbars can "access my data on all websites"? Are you tracking me?
No.
Win7 Scrollbars does NOT "access your data," do any tracking, talk to any servers, or do any other nefarious thing you can think of. It is implemented in 100% CSS; it contains no JavaScript; and it does not access any external resources.
It does only one thing: restyle the scrollbars. And it does that entirely locally, on your computer.
Chrome is providing this warning because CSS is technically able to do other things, such as add and remove content from pages that you view. Win7 Scrollbars doesn't do that, but Chrome has no way of knowing that, so it provides the warning out of an abundance of caution.
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- Cool scrollbar design that resembles Windows 7 style.
- Brings back scrollbar arrows on various websites, including YouTube.
- Easy to install and use.
- Visually improves the look of scrollbars.
- Does not work on all websites, with notable exceptions like YouTube.
- Has caused status errors while using Google search functions.
- Scrollbar appearance can be cut off or look awkward on some sites.
- Not updated for a long time, leading to compatibility issues.
- Not functioning on YouTube.
- Scrollbar appearance issues (cut-off, missing arrows).
- Status errors or functionality problems after Chrome updates.
- A desire for an update or fix for ongoing issues.
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Win7 Scrollbars requires very minimum permissions.
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Win7 Scrollbars has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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