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Which direction do you like track pad scrolling to go?
Posted on 3/12/21 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 3/12/21 at 10:37 pm
I just did some reconfiguring on my kids' Chromebooks and realized how awkward the old school trackpad scroll direction feels.
Historically, you press up, or spin a wheel up to go up so when track pads came out it was the same. You push up on the track pad and you scroll up.
But then iPads came out and they reversed it in order to give a feeling of pushing the pages up or down.
I prefer the, now common, Apple way on all my other laptops. What about you guys?
Historically, you press up, or spin a wheel up to go up so when track pads came out it was the same. You push up on the track pad and you scroll up.
But then iPads came out and they reversed it in order to give a feeling of pushing the pages up or down.
I prefer the, now common, Apple way on all my other laptops. What about you guys?
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Posted on 3/13/21 at 9:34 am to BeepNode
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But then iPads came out and they reversed it in order to give a feeling of pushing the pages up or down.
I prefer the, now common, Apple way on all my other laptops. What about you guys?
the non-inverted way is best. up goes up. down goes down.
Posted on 3/13/21 at 9:50 am to AMS
In my head I always felt I was pulling down the scroll bar on the right of the browser which make the page go up, because that is what you would do it you had a mouse. You would grab the scroll bar and pull it down. So scrolling down makes more sense. Now if it is a touch screen and I was grabbing the page with my fingers, pushing the page up makes sense.
Posted on 3/13/21 at 7:06 pm to ColdDuck
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In my head I always felt I was pulling down the scroll bar on the right of the browser which make the page go up, because that is what you would do it you had a mouse. You would grab the scroll bar and pull it down.
My original laptop with a touchpad had an actual visual of a scroll bar...so this. Both ways seem very intuitive to me, so I’ve never thought twice about it.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 3:46 pm to BeepNode
The Apple way is definitely wrong.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 11:31 pm to LSUtigerME
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Both ways seem very intuitive to me, so I’ve never thought twice about it.
It can be a real mindfrick if you use one way on a daily basis and then try to use a computer with it the other way.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:19 am to BeepNode
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It can be a real mindfrick if you use one way on a daily basis and then try to use a computer with it the other way.
This used to be the case for me, but now I can go back and forth without much aggravation. I've evolved I guess.
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