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Newish Mac user here. The "feel" of mouse cursor movement is one of the few areas were Windows is superior. Years ago something like this was a big issue in Lin
by bni 15y ago
Newish Mac user here. The "feel" of mouse cursor movement is one of the few areas were Windows is superior. Years ago something like this was a big issue in Linux/X.org aswell but recently it has been fixed, atleast it feels like it for me.
I have noticed this "lag" with my magic mouse. Until now I have assumed there is something wrong with the hardware in it. Or that the bluetooth connection was breaking up. When I use the build in trackpad I have never noticed any lag.
Since Apple normally pay attention to details like this, im suprised that they have ignored this issue for so long.
If you use it for a while you might become blind to it?
- lautis 15y agoI don't mind the mouse lag in normal use, but it's very annoying in FPS games. I've actually spent a day or two tweaking OS X mouse acceleration curves and whatever settings I could find. At the desktop I could get more "windows-y" feel, but always when I tried new settings TF2 the feeling was still wrong. The lag author described is a plausible cause for my experiences.
- mirkules 15y agoTF2 is completely unplayable for me. I have to dual boot. The other area where it drives me crazy is highlighting text - for some reason, it always feels cumbersome.
- MarkMc 15y agoYes! This was my biggest gripe when switching from Windows - the mouse 'feel' is, well, wrong. I played around with the mouse settings, downloaded software to change the acceleration curve - nothing worked! I'm now used to the mouse behaviour on OS X, but every time I have to switch back to Windows to do some testing I realise what I'm missing. The mouse is such a crucial part of the experience it's odd that Apple haven't gotten it right.
- schiffern 15y agoWeirdly I had the exact opposite experience. There is simply no way that I've found to get Mac-like acceleration on Windows. I've hated every Windows/Linux touchpad I've used, but I love the Mac trackpad. I am not a gamer, though.
- cmagahern 15y agoThe differing mouse "feel" that you're describing is most likely a result of the different mouse acceleration curve that OS X uses. (Mentioned in the article) I've noticed this too but I was able to resolve it by changing the mouse acceleration curve using this tool: http://triq.net/articles/mouse-acceleration-preference-pane-mac-os-x http://triq.net/articles/mouse-acceleration-preference-pane-... Now I think it feels just as nice as Windows.