Natural scrolling
by Volker Weber
When I first installed a Lion beta with "natural scrolling" I was taken aback. This was all wrong! Swiping with two fingers no longer moved the window, but the content. I immediately set this back the way it had been "forever". Well, well, well. Now that I am no longer using a mouse at all, I have set my trackpads all to the scroll direction that Apple calls natural.
And the switch was easier than I thought. Now I swipe the content, either on a trackpad or a touch screen. And they all work the same.
Comments
Interestingly this is the way those dumb IBM 5250 terminals worked.
I use an app called "Reverse Scrolling" to have my mouse still continue the way it used to while the trackpad scrolls "natural". So even if you still use a mouse and a trackpad, you can slowly migrate ;-)
I adore the Magic Trackpad and Natural scrolling... it makes the whole PC experience feel wonderfully light.
Exactly the same experience here Volker. While I am not using my Magic Trackpad I am using MagicPrefs with my Magic Mouse and loving Lion.
I was using Scroll Reverser early in Snow Leopard to get used to the natural scrolling direction.
I use a combination of a mouse and trackpad at home. All my windows machines now have X-Mouse installed (much to the annoyance of non-Mac users in the house).
Exactly the same experience here, too
Switched as soon as Lion came out. Bit more musing: Up or down? Scrolling on OS X Lion
I even have switched my wheel mice where appropriate. What gets me is having to switch to a PC. Anyone have app that switches the scroll direction on Windows?
And then I see Simon's comment. Excellent!
