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@RoamResearch has no scrollbars. And even if it did, it still doesn't solve the problem of digital content: it lacks intuitive guides built into the document to help our brains subconsciously (ideally by a tactile touch) orient around the document. #roamcult
Paper books have these clues built-in: by touch alone, blindfolded, you can easily find out where you are in the book you are reading. It's easier to remember the location of a particular piece of information when you've literally "felt" the place at your fingertips.
I've been wondering whether it might be possible to bring back some of that skeumorphism to all these "flattened" apps. I was also inspired by an interview with @CatoMinor on @RoamFm (buzzsprout.com/1194506/8725030) and, incidentally, by @PlayDate's ingenious re-make of a game console.
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