function makeScrollbar(content,scrollbar,handle,horizontal,ignoreMouse){

	var steps = (horizontal?(content.getScrollSize().x - content.getSize().x):(content.getScrollSize().y - content.getSize().y))
	var slider = new Slider(scrollbar, handle, {
		steps: steps,
		mode: (horizontal?'horizontal':'vertical')
		,onChange: function(step){
			// Scrolls the content element in x or y direction.
			var x = (horizontal?step:0);
			var y = (horizontal?0:step);
			content.scrollTo(x,y);
		}
	}).set(0);

	if( !(ignoreMouse) ){
		// Scroll the content element when the mousewheel is used within the content or the scrollbar element.
		$$(content, scrollbar).addEvent('mousewheel', function(e){	
			e = new Event(e).stop();
			var step = slider.step - e.wheel * 30;	
			slider.set(step);
		});
	}
	// Stops the handle dragging process when the mouse leaves the document body.
	$(document.body).addEvent('mouseleave',function(){slider.drag.stop()});
	return slider;
}
/*
var Ticker = new Class({
	setOptions: function(options) {
		this.options = Object.extend({
			speed: 1500,
			delay: 300,
			direction: 'vertical',
			onComplete: Class.empty,
			onStart: Class.empty
		}, options || {});
	},
	initialize: function(el,options){
		this.setOptions(options);
		this.el = $(el);
		this.items = this.el.getElements('li');
		var w = 0;
		var h = 0;
		if(this.options.direction.toLowerCase()=='horizontal') {
			h = this.el.getSize().y;
			this.items.each(function(li,index) {
				w += li.getSize().x;
			});
		} else {
			//alert(this.el.getSize().x);
			w = this.el.getSize().x;
			this.items.each(function(li,index) {
				h += li.getSize().y;
			});
		}
		this.el.setStyles({
			position: 'absolute',
			top: 0,
			left: 0,
			width: w,
			height: h
		});
		this.fx = new Fx.Morph(this.el,{duration:this.options.speed,onComplete:function() {
			var i = (this.current==0)?this.items.length:this.current;
			this.items[i-1].injectInside(this.el);
			this.el.setStyles({
				left:0,
				top:0
			});
		}.bind(this)});
		this.current = 0;
		this.next();
	},
	next: function() {
		this.current++;
		if (this.current >= this.items.length) this.current = 0;
		var pos = this.items[this.current];
		this.fx.start({
			top: -pos.offsetTop,
			left: -pos.offsetLeft
		});
		this.next.bind(this).delay(this.options.delay+this.options.speed);
	}
});
*/