We're getting side tracked somewhat, but these preferences are a bit arbitrary. In my experience every platform I ever encountered has both interesting options

We're getting side tracked somewhat, but these preferences are a bit arbitrary. In my experience every platform I ever encountered has both interesting options and frustrating limits to its configurability. If we're being honest, we're just prone to silently live with the weaknesses of whatever platform we're currently fond of using. > Nevertheless I'm glad that those files are there and that I can look up how to edit one if necessary[1]. Well, you can look up how to configure OS X's scrolling direction as well, same as for most customizations where dedicated apps exist that are really just thin wrappers over the command line [1]. 1. http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-manually-change-the-scroll-direction-in-mavericks/ http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-manually-change-the-scroll...