I hate the narrow scroll bars in Lion. How to adjust?

I recently upgraded to Lion, which all seems realtively nice and well designed to me. In years of Apple developments, I have learned to appreciate the changes and gradually have come to appreciate most of the stuff they come up with. One thing really annoys me seriously, though, and that is the very narrow scroll bars! When I could easily find the scroll bar in 10.5, an 6. I now have to waste my energy on pointing the mouse at the very narrow scroll bar. Who the **** had the great idea to narrow it? There is NO WAY I can live with this.
Has anyone come up with a fix? If this is not fixable, I will downgrade to 10.6 again.
Kimster66

kimster66 wrote:
The point is that I dont have a trackpad on my iMac, and thus have to use an ordinary mouse.
Well, if I were in this situation, I would purchase a Magic Trackpad
But you miss the point: I am annoyed with the GUI designers for falling in love with their own design and not letting users choose what is best for their own workflow. This is a 'forced' change and a basic violation of all design philosophy. What would you say if the gearchange in your car had been reversed after a visit to the garage? Exactly! To force users to change their workflow is actually very arrogant.
Lion is a New OS.  If I purchased a new car that had a new shift pattern, It should not be a suprise as I would have (should have) researched and test drove the auto before purchasing.  A quick trip to the Apple Store, or reading on-line reviews would have allerted you to the change in scrollers

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