If it's any consolation, research shows that you're right about the poor usability of flat design: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-ui-less-attention-caus...
reply100%
replyIf you want them, make it so when I mouse near it extends out
Omg no. Don't move clickable things suddenly under my mouse that weren't there when I picked where to put my cursor.
replyI absolutely detest systems like this that break my current mode because they guess I might want shovelin something else as a new mode. Even if you get it right 9 times out of 10 I find it so disruptive. Somehow it makes me feel like the system is -untrustworthy-.
Grain of salt though - I tend to take a power use stance on things and want my tools to augment what I'm trying to do instead of do things on my behalf.
I agree in the majority of cases, however with a scroll bar its usually where there is a lack of content in a webpage and it can still be small.
replyOtherwise I agree and detest it.