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The Design is Very Human (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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having a moment here in gnome

to everyone pointing out that this is for touchpads;

a: it's awful on that too

b: note the mouse in the example given

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[–] 107 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'd rather have an app with unnecessary options that nobody will ever use than one where some UX expert somewhere has decided the exact way I have to interact with the program.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is not about the wording, rather the having the option? No one would call that direction natural.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Actually "natural" gets a pass from me. It doesn't feel right just because we got used to the opposite.

    Imagine a paper scroll on rolls. If you slide the top of the roll upwards - the paper goes up, and you can see more bottom content. The exact opposite happens when you scroll the mouse wheel with default config.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I’ll preface this by agreeing that it’s just a matter of preference but, to me, natural scrolling on trackpads makes sense because the the trackpad “feels” like the virtual piece of paper you’re moving around. However, the scroll wheel “feels” like some sort of roller separating my finger from the page, kind of like the ones printers use to feed paper. In that case, traditional scrolling is closer to the real-life behavior.

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