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Switch back to three finger gestures in System Preferences. I have no idea why Apple thought that was a good idea. It used to be: - Two fingers for scrolling

by natesm 15y ago

Switch back to three finger gestures in System Preferences. I have no idea why Apple thought that was a good idea. It used to be: - Two fingers for scrolling - Three fingers for in-app navigation - Four fingers for window management (Exposé, show desktop) Really easy to understand. Lion made "multitouch gestures" a major advertising point, but honestly... they were better in Snow Leopard. I've reverted with BetterTouchTool, as I could not even do the new "show desktop" gesture.

adamjernst 15y ago
I think the issue is that Apple has devoted plenty of resources to tweaking gestures so that two-finger swipes can be used for both scrolling and navigation. It's a hard problem to solve, but if it's done just right it works. Safari does it just fine. Chrome is far too touchy about it, though. As soon as you hit the edge, you go back a page. Safari seems to take the velocity and acceleration into account in smarter ways.
- tiles 15y ago
  I switched to Canary to fix this issue, which has a much less aggressive gesture. Now a slide switch (almost like iOS's unlock screen) transparently overlays the screen until you slide across your trackpad, then it goes back a page. No need to touch OS X settings. :) I was glad it was no longer sensitive, but I was still wondering why they didn't just implement Safari's page-reveal as you slide back. Then I tried using the Github website, which implements its own transitions using the History API, which worked splendidly on Chrome but was rather broken in Safari. The best compromise would be to see what sites implement the history API and switch, but I'm satisfied with working side-scrolling for now.
  - 8ig8 15y ago
    About Canary: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/

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Switch back to three finger gestures in System Preferences. I have no idea why Apple thought that was a good idea. It used to be: - Two fingers for scrolling

by natesm 15y ago

adamjernst 15y ago
I think the issue is that Apple has devoted plenty of resources to tweaking gestures so that two-finger swipes can be used for both scrolling and navigation. It's a hard problem to solve, but if it's done just right it works. Safari does it just fine. Chrome is far too touchy about it, though. As soon as you hit the edge, you go back a page. Safari seems to take the velocity and acceleration into account in smarter ways.
- tiles 15y ago
  I switched to Canary to fix this issue, which has a much less aggressive gesture. Now a slide switch (almost like iOS's unlock screen) transparently overlays the screen until you slide across your trackpad, then it goes back a page. No need to touch OS X settings. :) I was glad it was no longer sensitive, but I was still wondering why they didn't just implement Safari's page-reveal as you slide back. Then I tried using the Github website, which implements its own transitions using the History API, which worked splendidly on Chrome but was rather broken in Safari. The best compromise would be to see what sites implement the history API and switch, but I'm satisfied with working side-scrolling for now.
  - 8ig8 15y ago
    About Canary: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/