Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by ajmurmann on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:07PM
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I'm not sure if it's named for what it isn't or rather named to make it clear that no reasonable or virtues person could disagree with it. Another, more harmless example for me is "natural scroll direction" in macOS.
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Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by blululu on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:27PM
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Unrelated to the main thread, but I would content “Natural” scrolling is a different epistemological process. There is/was a lot of user research on this topic. Inverting the scroll direction on a trackpad relative to the display is more in line with how people expect it should move. This configuration was determined to be the better configuration through a rigorous program of experimentation.
Calling the default “inverted” or “reversed” sends the wrong message. The term “natural” is just trying make people feel comfortable with the default configuration. It is trying to convince people of the results of an experiment. Naming a law that is not passed is trying to bias the results of the experiment itself.
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by ajmurmann on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:47PM
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My point exactly was that the thing being named is not necessarily bad. I use the "natural scrolling" every day with my trackpad. It's the same pattern though where you couldn't possibly want the other thing (which btw. with a mouse is a reasonable option)
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by copperx on Sunday May 01, 2022 @12:46AM
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How is "intuitive" different from "natural"? They both have an empty meaning.
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by auggierose on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:00PM
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I find it extremely natural. Was delighted to find out that chrome books support it as well!
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by ankitpati on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:26PM
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Every OS released in the past ten years supports it.
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by petepete on Sunday May 01, 2022 @03:27AM
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I couldn't find out how to enable it on Windows 10 without toggling a registry key.
I only use it for a few hours a month but unnatural scrolling just feels wrong now.
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by baisq on Sunday May 01, 2022 @07:58AM
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Touchpad -> Scroll and zoom -> Scrolling direction.
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by petepete on Sunday May 01, 2022 @09:13AM
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Oh yeah I meant with a mouse. The one thing I still rely on Windows for is managing and editing my photos (Capture One, Affinity, Topaz).
Re:Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright...
by auggierose on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:31PM
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Only really using macOS, so I wouldn't know. But that's great to hear! Maybe they will also catch up with trackpad technology at some point, the £150 Chromebook I tried was astonishingly good!