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It's stuff like this that routinely puts off power users from macOS.

bastawhiz 9y ago
In fairness, I've had to do far worse to get my middle mouse button working and my display to use the right resolution on Ubuntu in the past five years.
oxguy3 9y ago
Agreed -- I would dump macOS for Debian in a second if it weren't for my workplace trying to standardize everyone on one OS. The fact that I have to buy a third-party app just to disable mouse/scroll acceleration and enable my mouse's extra buttons is absolutely ludicrous. (if anyone is wondering, the third-party app I speak of is Smooze, and it's a godsend https://smooze.co/ https://smooze.co/)
- Cyberdog 9y ago
  > Moustache: This app also includes a moustache. finger-down-throat gesture accompanied by retching noises At any rate, you can configure the "extra buttons" on most mice to do tasks on the Mac without special software. For example, I have a gaming mouse at home, and have one of the buttons configured to trigger Mission Control (showing miniature images of all windows open across all apps) merely through the Mouse pane of System Preferences. Also, games detect the extra buttons and can be configured to use them with no problem. But yes, disabling mouse acceleration should be a built-in feature as well, and it is not.
- Doctor_Fegg 9y ago
  Generally if I buy hardware I expect the vendor to provide Mac support. Microsoft does with its keyboards, for example, so a mouse should be no different.
- shaan7 9y ago
  Same goes for the macOS window manager, its utterly irritating for everyday tasks (think moving a window to another monitor and maximize in one go). Spectacle eased the pain a bit but I feel much more productive just back to Neon and work.
mikestew 9y ago
Power users already have the function keys set to be function keys (which is not the default), which is why I haven’t noticed this.
- matthewmacleod 9y ago
  I’m not sure that’s true. Personally I use the volume, brightness, and media keys far more frequently than I do a function key. Setting them to be function keys by default would be a bit silly.
  - 1f97 9y ago
    you can always set them to be regular function keys and use karabiner to override those media keys. that's the setup I have and it's pretty good.
stephenr 9y ago
I'd argue the ability to set system-wide keyboard shortcuts is a plus for pro users. Without knowing the other settings in place (ie behaviour of other fn keys) it's impossible to know if this was required or not. Tech people are terrible for working out over engineered solutions to simple configuration issues.
roy3jake 9y ago
When this kind of thing happens it takes power from macOS
IncRnd 9y ago
It was a misunderstanding on the part of the author not an issue with macos.

In fairness, I've had to do far worse to get my middle mouse button working and my display to use the right resolution on Ubuntu in the past five years.

oxguy3 9y ago

Agreed -- I would dump macOS for Debian in a second if it weren't for my workplace trying to standardize everyone on one OS. The fact that I have to buy a third-party app just to disable mouse/scroll acceleration and enable my mouse's extra buttons is absolutely ludicrous. (if anyone is wondering, the third-party app I speak of is Smooze, and it's a godsend https://smooze.co/ https://smooze.co/)

Cyberdog 9y ago
> Moustache: This app also includes a moustache. finger-down-throat gesture accompanied by retching noises At any rate, you can configure the "extra buttons" on most mice to do tasks on the Mac without special software. For example, I have a gaming mouse at home, and have one of the buttons configured to trigger Mission Control (showing miniature images of all windows open across all apps) merely through the Mouse pane of System Preferences. Also, games detect the extra buttons and can be configured to use them with no problem. But yes, disabling mouse acceleration should be a built-in feature as well, and it is not.
Doctor_Fegg 9y ago
Generally if I buy hardware I expect the vendor to provide Mac support. Microsoft does with its keyboards, for example, so a mouse should be no different.
shaan7 9y ago
Same goes for the macOS window manager, its utterly irritating for everyday tasks (think moving a window to another monitor and maximize in one go). Spectacle eased the pain a bit but I feel much more productive just back to Neon and work.

mikestew 9y ago

Power users already have the function keys set to be function keys (which is not the default), which is why I haven’t noticed this.

matthewmacleod 9y ago
I’m not sure that’s true. Personally I use the volume, brightness, and media keys far more frequently than I do a function key. Setting them to be function keys by default would be a bit silly.
- 1f97 9y ago
  you can always set them to be regular function keys and use karabiner to override those media keys. that's the setup I have and it's pretty good.

stephenr 9y ago

I'd argue the ability to set system-wide keyboard shortcuts is a plus for pro users. Without knowing the other settings in place (ie behaviour of other fn keys) it's impossible to know if this was required or not. Tech people are terrible for working out over engineered solutions to simple configuration issues.

roy3jake 9y ago

When this kind of thing happens it takes power from macOS

IncRnd 9y ago

It was a misunderstanding on the part of the author not an issue with macos.