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Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by dennajort » Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 4:01 AM UTC

Same here, Apple just want you to buy a magic mouse / trackpad. I ended up using https://linearmouse.org/ , free and open source.

Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by jbverschoor » Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 8:27 AM UTC

david_allison wrote: post #4

jbverschoor wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No they’re not. You can just set them

You can set them, but they also reverse the trackpad.

Oh yeah, correct. I get confused when mixing directions. I like to have both on classic

Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by mxmilkiib » Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 9:13 AM UTC

JoBrad wrote: post #8

As someone who just moved to macOS, I have to say that the vaunted “Apple cares so much about user experience” and “it just works” ethos is pretty creaky. I’ve used Windows and Linux for years, and never had a window get stuck under the taskbar. Happens way too often on Mac. Some things are great. But the annoyances stick out like a sore thumb. It’s a good thing that macOS is so much better at efficiently running app…

Aside; I tried Windows 11 on a VM recently and I see MS removed the Move option from the right-click context menu for apps in the bar, that used to allow one to hit an arrow key (and move the window around with the arrow keys) once then simply move the mouse to move the window, so I had to full screen the VM to rearrange windows within it.

Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by JoBrad » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 2:11 AM UTC

mxmilkiib wrote: post #13

JoBrad wrote: post #8

As someone who just moved to macOS, I have to say that the vaunted “Apple cares so much about user experience” and “it just works” ethos is pretty creaky. I’ve used Windows and Linux for years, and never had a window get stuck under the taskbar. Happens way too often on Mac. Some things are great. But the annoyances stick out like a sore thumb. It’s a good thing that macOS is so much better at efficiently running app…

Aside; I tried Windows 11 on a VM recently and I see MS removed the Move option from the right-click context menu for apps in the bar, that used to allow one to hit an arrow key (and move the window around with the arrow keys) once then simply move the mouse to move the window, so I had to full screen the VM to rearrange windows within it.

Oh wow. I definitely relied on that when a window didn’t act right. I don’t even know if the Win+Shift+arrow keys would move it, with a single window? You could pane it, obviously, but that’s not really the same.

Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by culopatin » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 2:03 PM UTC

neonsunset wrote: post #7

Works like a charm, doesn't interrupt touchpad either: https://mos.caldis.me

I didn’t know I needed this until I opened this thread. Wow this is much nicer. I didn’t know what was wrong this whole time

Re: Scrolling with a third-party mouse looks horrible on macOS

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Post by mapmap » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

caycep wrote: post #9

TBH I think MacOS has been optimized for trackpad for so long, it's almost required. Swapping my logitech g400 for the Magic Trackpad was pretty mindblowing

I went this route too but ended up getting an RSI in the tip of my finger. I went back to a mouse.