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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 chang
by 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 agoYou 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 agoGoes to prove Mac is not the epitome of design. More like epitome of dumbing down
- jacobolus 5y agoHaving 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.