Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by nayuki on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @04:11AM
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Windows autoscroll makes this game too easy. This feature was introduced a very long time ago, possibly with the IntelliMouse in the year 1996. Press on the scroll wheel (considered to be middle-click) and release the button, which overlays a little scroll guide circle. Move the mouse down to begin scrolling, and don't touch anything else. Click any mouse button to stop scrolling. (Another variant is to click and hold the wheel button, move the mouse down to scroll, and release the button to stop.)
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Yes, yes, I know, but the site is designed for mobile devices and for the real pleasure of scrolling, not just cheating.
Just for fun ;)
Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by sebastiennight on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @05:24AM
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"Windows" autoscroll? My Mac has had the same behavior for as long as I can remember. Did they copy it?
Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @06:13AM
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How do you do this on macOS? I can't find anything under Settings > Mouse and I can't find a way of fluking it with various random gestures. I don't think I'll ever need it, I'm just curious!
Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by wildrhythms on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @09:18AM
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It has never existed natively on Mac OS X.
Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by sebastiennight on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @09:32AM
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TIL - after you wrote this, I just tested in Numbers, Brave, and Finder and this behavior did not work.
It seems that it only works in Firefox and I assumed it was an OS-level feature as I've used it so many times (and my most frequent need for such scrolling is the web, so I never noticed it's absent from other software)
Re:A useless infinite scroll experiment
by EsportToys on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @07:24AM
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You may also be interested in my little modification of middle-scroll behaviour: