Doc:Manual/Sequencer/Modes/Sequence Screen Layout
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Blender comes with a few screen layouts, one of which is 5-Sequence. This screen layout is shown to the right. The three main windows are an Ipo window and VSE window on the top row, and another VSE window in the middle, and a Timeline window below that, with the base Buttons windows at the bottom.
The Ipo Window is in Sequence mode; when you animate a sequence, it's Ipo curves will show up here, so you can make fine adjustments to its motion. The black VSE window is set to show you a preview of the finished sequence. Upon opening, it is black because there isn't anything to show.
The middle VSE window, in Sequence mode, is your work area. The VSE window is in the middle, because it is where you will be doing most of your work; being in the middle means your mouse has to travel the least amount of distance, and you are efficient. Keep this in mind when you are arranging any screen layout.
The Timeline window below it lets you select where (time-wise) in your animation you want to work, and allow you to quickly set the range of animation you want to scrub. Use the Timeline window's VCR buttons to playback the animation.
Scrub
Just like scrubbing a dirty pot with a brush, where you go back and forth, back and forth, until it is clean, the term scrubbing in video is going back and forth over a small range of frames, examining and correcting errors, until it is done.
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