html - Whats a better user experience: A scrollable table or a full size table allowing the browser window to do scrolling?

Whats a better user experience:

1. A scrollable table by using overflow css settings in a DIV?


2. A full size table allowing the browser window to do scrolling?

Answer

A full-size table allowing the browser's scroll bar (2) to do the scrolling of the data is a better user experience, since multiple scroll bars on the same page would tend to confuse users and be a bit infuriating.

Of course, this only applies if the data we're talking about scrolling here is the main focus of the page, in which case, it would be acceptable to have a scroll bar dedicated to that portion of the screen.