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Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by smoldesu »

akhuchdy wrote: post #35
smoldesu wrote: post #23

This is one of the reasons I ended up using Linux, it's nice to see that current Mac users don't have to suffer with the asinine mouse controls anymore.

> This is one of the reasons I ended up using Linux This is one of the reasons I ended up ditching Linux for Windows+WSL. Disabling mouse cursor acceleration under X11, for example, depends on which of at least three different X.org mouse drivers you are using (really old, evdev, or libinput). And web searches often turn up an unreliable or incorrect method. (Search this article's comments for "xinput" to find more i…

Gnome and KDE offer options to fix this out of the box, and while that's not a tacit approval of installing full-fat DEs on every system, I think the average user won't have to worry about this unless they're using a bare-bones WM on a stripped down compositor, at which point I'd argue their already well-versed enough in Linux-fu to know how to fix it.

That said though, I get it. I think the pervasive myth of "the year of the Linux desktop" riles people up into believing that Linux has finally "Windows-ified" itself, which it hasn't.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by chrisseaton »

toomanyducks wrote: post #39

So it takes a dedicated app to adjust mouse acceleration curves? Is this an accurate reflection of the platform as a whole?

It is in general to be used as designed rather than configured, yes. I don’t think I change any configuration options at all in macOS for example - not even the wallpaper.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by chrisseaton »

smoldesu wrote: post #24
delgaudm wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rectangle [0] is FOSS and may satisfy your window arranging needs. [0] https://rectangleapp.com/

I think the larger concern is that the world's most valuable company can't find the time to fix their window manager.

It’s not ‘broken’ just because it’s not quite designed as you’d like.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by fartcannon »

ribs wrote: post #34

I’ve always considered Apple’s scrolling acceleration to be among its most important features. For, like, 30 years. Since the Mac debuted. But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that someone out there wants to disable it.

I like it for some things and not for others.

I like choice.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by oneplane »

smoldesu wrote: post #36
oneplane wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get all the mouse hate. It works fine for me yet I'm not calling other's mouse preferences asinine.

I wouldn't be mad if it was a matter of preference, but Apple doesn't give you the choice to disable acceleration. Across every device I've ever used (even Android phones), I've always been able to disable mouse acceleration. For most people who aren't using a trackpad, it feels imprecise and terrible, and it absolutely doesn't make sense in the age of the modern optical mouse. I'm just tired of Apple refusing to add…

I use a mouse too. I've also started using trackpads more, but for the last 20 years it's been mice in various incarnations (currently a razor deathadder elite), no problems so far. Had a steelseries before that, and a roccat before that, Logitech before that.

I suppose the difference is the religious use of a specific configuration. I usually use the same mouse (buy them 2 or 3 at a time) on Linux (Gnome 3 mostly) and Windows. No problems there either. All on mostly default settings, perhaps a little faster tracking speed but that's about it.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by chrisseaton »

smoldesu wrote: post #36
oneplane wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get all the mouse hate. It works fine for me yet I'm not calling other's mouse preferences asinine.

I wouldn't be mad if it was a matter of preference, but Apple doesn't give you the choice to disable acceleration. Across every device I've ever used (even Android phones), I've always been able to disable mouse acceleration. For most people who aren't using a trackpad, it feels imprecise and terrible, and it absolutely doesn't make sense in the age of the modern optical mouse. I'm just tired of Apple refusing to add…

> For most people who aren't using a trackpad, it feels imprecise and terrible

Are you sure it's for most people? Or just you and some people you know?

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by Jare »

jagger27 wrote: post #16
Jare wrote: post #5

I have to try this. I already have a reverser (how on earth is this not the default, and not even an OS option to begin with?!?) but scrolling with the wheel on a usb mouse jumps randomly. Crossing fingers this may help there.

You have always been able to reverse the scroll direction in the Mouse/Trackpad options. It’s a checkbox that says “Scroll direction: Natural”. As for your jumping issue that sounds like a hardware problem. It might just be that your mouse wheel is dirty.

You can reverse on both or neither, but not for just one. That's why there's 3rd party software like this one.

Scroll jumping should be a hardware issue but I've swapped mice and same issue; both also work fine on windows. It could be the USB hub, I've still to try something with that, but it sounds... unlikely.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by ephimetheus »

sitzkrieg wrote: post #7

isnt it kind of ridiculous that these apps have to exist because usable input isnt high on apple's list? like paying fir window snapping is one thing, but non wacky input.. ugh

You mean you find it ridiculous that you need extra software to make macOS input bad?

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by smoldesu »

chrisseaton wrote: post #43
smoldesu wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the larger concern is that the world's most valuable company can't find the time to fix their window manager.

It’s not ‘broken’ just because it’s not quite designed as you’d like.

Sorry, would "functionally inferior" be a more suitable name for it? I've come to expect robust and fully-featured WMs from years of using Windows and Linux, it's a bit funny to me that Apple has just given up in this respect.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Post by chrisseaton »

smoldesu wrote: post #49
chrisseaton wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not ‘broken’ just because it’s not quite designed as you’d like.

Sorry, would "functionally inferior" be a more suitable name for it? I've come to expect robust and fully-featured WMs from years of using Windows and Linux, it's a bit funny to me that Apple has just given up in this respect.

Lack of cruft and fuss is a feature though. And how's it not 'robust'?
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