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>I wish libinput gave the option for pointer inertia, where the pointer glides to a gradual rather than a hard halt after you stop moving it Why? That seems li

by rcxdude 3mo ago

>I wish libinput gave the option for pointer inertia, where the pointer glides to a gradual rather than a hard halt after you stop moving it Why? That seems like it would make it a lot harder to move the cursor precisely. (in fact the main implementation of it on linux I know of was a joke in IOCC)

fjalarhl 3mo ago
You'd think so but as the person above mentioned, this is how the steam deck/controller does it and it works well. It mostly affects faster movements like flicking the mouse across the screen, leaving smaller movements unaffected.
sublinear 3mo ago
How precisely can you scroll on your phone? I don't think anyone finds it awkward. I get the impression that you're thinking of a much jankier implementation of "inertia" than that, and to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if that's what we'd get anyway. An unambitious inertia describes the linux community of the past decade pretty well.
- Gigachad 3mo ago
  It works similarly to the steam deck actually. You flick and then tap/hold to stop.
  - retsibsi 3mo ago
    Does this mean the inertia only applies if you remove your finger at the end of the movement, and so non-flicky movements are interpreted normally, with the cursor stopping as soon as your finger stops? That implementation sounds a lot better than how I interpreted the original comment; I thought they meant it would apply to all movements, even when your finger stays down the whole time.
    - Gigachad 3mo ago
      Yeah. It would only work on trackpads. It’s particularly good when you don’t have a massive MacBook style trackpad.
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solarkraft 3mo ago
The opposite applies to my use. Humans are generally great at predicting where moving things will land - we evolved for that. It feels great flicking the cursor around and stopping it at the right point. It’s just like scrolling a list on your phone, I for one get great precision doing that. It’s especially great on small touchpads.

by rcxdude 3mo ago

fjalarhl 3mo ago

You'd think so but as the person above mentioned, this is how the steam deck/controller does it and it works well. It mostly affects faster movements like flicking the mouse across the screen, leaving smaller movements unaffected.

sublinear 3mo ago

How precisely can you scroll on your phone? I don't think anyone finds it awkward. I get the impression that you're thinking of a much jankier implementation of "inertia" than that, and to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if that's what we'd get anyway. An unambitious inertia describes the linux community of the past decade pretty well.

Gigachad 3mo ago
It works similarly to the steam deck actually. You flick and then tap/hold to stop.
- retsibsi 3mo ago
  Does this mean the inertia only applies if you remove your finger at the end of the movement, and so non-flicky movements are interpreted normally, with the cursor stopping as soon as your finger stops? That implementation sounds a lot better than how I interpreted the original comment; I thought they meant it would apply to all movements, even when your finger stays down the whole time.
  - Gigachad 3mo ago
    Yeah. It would only work on trackpads. It’s particularly good when you don’t have a massive MacBook style trackpad.

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solarkraft 3mo ago

The opposite applies to my use. Humans are generally great at predicting where moving things will land - we evolved for that. It feels great flicking the cursor around and stopping it at the right point. It’s just like scrolling a list on your phone, I for one get great precision doing that. It’s especially great on small touchpads.