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There is a difference between “the app has a pretty UI to set something” and “this setting is configurable”. One of the great things about the Mac is that ther

There is a difference between “the app has a pretty UI to set something” and “this setting is configurable”. One of the great things about the Mac is that there is always the option to defer certain advanced settings to the `defaults` program on the command line (or just things you want to make configurable but do not yet have time to extend the GUI). So if you want a somewhat-streamlined UI with just a few of the most common options, you can do that without completely sacrificing the ability to expose the rest somewhere else.

Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
One thing the Mac doesn't let me configure, even from the command line, is scroll wheel acceleration. Sure, I can disable pointer acceleration, and I can change the overall scroll wheel speed, but I can't disable acceleration. I feel most comfortable with 1 scroll click being 3 lines of scrolling. It should ALWAYS be that way, no matter how fast I move the wheel. If I quickly flick the wheel and do 5 clicks, that should be 15 lines of scrolling. If I'm very slowly going click....click....click....each click should be 3 lines. Instead, if I scroll quickly, each click might give 5 lines, and if I scroll slowly, each click is a pixel or two, and there's no option to disable this awful scroll acceleration behavior, even on the command line.
- jacobolus 5y ago
  You may want to look into using a third-party tool to remove scrolling acceleration. According to web sleuthing you can change this behavior with SmoothScroll, Mac Mouse Fix, USB Overdrive, SteerMouse, Smooze, or Discrete Scroll. (Disclaimer: I never tried these.)
  - spacexsucks 5y ago
    Goes to prove Mac is not the epitome of design. More like epitome of dumbing down
    - jacobolus 5y ago
      Having mouse and scrolling acceleration is preferred by almost everyone, and most people enjoy the Mac’s mouse/trackpad behavior. Wanting linear scroll speed is a niche preference, a perfectly reasonable case to leave to third-party utilities.

Sohcahtoa82 5y ago

One thing the Mac doesn't let me configure, even from the command line, is scroll wheel acceleration. Sure, I can disable pointer acceleration, and I can change the overall scroll wheel speed, but I can't disable acceleration. I feel most comfortable with 1 scroll click being 3 lines of scrolling. It should ALWAYS be that way, no matter how fast I move the wheel. If I quickly flick the wheel and do 5 clicks, that should be 15 lines of scrolling. If I'm very slowly going click....click....click....each click should be 3 lines. Instead, if I scroll quickly, each click might give 5 lines, and if I scroll slowly, each click is a pixel or two, and there's no option to disable this awful scroll acceleration behavior, even on the command line.

jacobolus 5y ago
You may want to look into using a third-party tool to remove scrolling acceleration. According to web sleuthing you can change this behavior with SmoothScroll, Mac Mouse Fix, USB Overdrive, SteerMouse, Smooze, or Discrete Scroll. (Disclaimer: I never tried these.)
- spacexsucks 5y ago
  Goes to prove Mac is not the epitome of design. More like epitome of dumbing down
  - jacobolus 5y ago
    Having mouse and scrolling acceleration is preferred by almost everyone, and most people enjoy the Mac’s mouse/trackpad behavior. Wanting linear scroll speed is a niche preference, a perfectly reasonable case to leave to third-party utilities.