Why do people design non-standard scrollbars in Flash?

Question

This is more of a rant than a question, but I'm willing to entertain rational arguments. Why do Flash web designers see fit to create their own scrollbars that don't function the same as normal scrollbars, in that A) they have no arrows to scroll a line at a time; and B) don't scroll up or down a page when you click the empty space below the bar, forcing you to drag the bar as the only possible way to scroll the text? (See http://www.cit.cmu.edu) WHAT ARE THESE PSYCHO PEOPLE THINKING? What in creation would possess them to do this? Are there not existing scrollbar widgets that function properly that they can use? Is this a Flash defect of some sort? Is this some perverse Web fashion trend -- the cyberspace equivalent of neckties or high heels? Who is responsible for this and can I string them up until all the blood rushes to their heads and makes them dizzy and sick?

Go ahead and ask me to tell you how I really feel!

By the way when I said I wasn't so much asking a question, I didn't mean I wasn't interested in answers, or didn't think they were relevant, I meant that blowing off steam was my chief aim, but I'd still very much like to hear people's comments (otherwise it's somewhat silly to post -- I can vent elsewhere).

Answer 1

The finished job in a flash presentation is made off "widgets" as you mentioned. Some are coded to comply with "MS Windows" standards, and some are not. The latter being more openly customizable, or usable (you can change mostly any aspect of it's look, but not much of its behaviour...)