An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac

Re:An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac by ayemel on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:52PM (#36449411)

The lack of mouse acceleration in Windows is what make it feel, to me, clunky and slow. I know it’s a function of what you grew up with/are used to but it’s interesting to see. Personally I like being able to flick my mouse across the screen without having to pick up my mouse—enables faster work.

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Re:An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac by DaiPlusPlus on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:58PM (#36449482)

> The lack of mouse acceleration in Windows is what make it feel, to m

Windows has had built-in acceleration since Windows XP (maybe 2000?) - it's the "Enhance pointer precision" option in the (classic) Mouse control panel.

There's also an acceleration curve you can customize, but there's no built-in GUI editor, but the data's all in the HKCU\Control Panel\Mouse registry keys.

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Re:An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac by ayemel on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:39PM (#36451917)

Ahh interesting so it’s not enabled by default?

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Re:An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac by DaiPlusPlus on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:52PM (#36453300)

It's been enabled by-default since (at least) Windows 7.

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Re:An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac by gibolt on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:08PM (#36449613)

I've had my touchpad randomly stop working. Sometimes a restart fixed it, sometimes it required a deep dive into driver land. Something so basic that should just work.

I am not aware of any trackpad failures on Mac.

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