UnnaturalScrollWheels
Dev tools
macos utility
SHOW HN2020
176points
86comments
#334of 3,028 in 2020
Top 12%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Disabling scroll acceleration for mouse wheels is a relief
From 2 comments
Disabling acceleration is a big feature here, again something that makes sense on a trackpad but does not on a scroll wheel. It's infuriating switching between…
marblessubtext on HNDisabling scroll acceleration is a godsend.
agentdrtran on HN
Lets mouse and trackpad scroll directions be set separately
From 3 comments
This is awesome! Thank you so much for making this! Every day I have to relearn how to scroll when I switch back and forth from my Mac and Windows machines. It frustrated me that…
rsweeney21 on HNThank you thank you thank you. Was literally looking for something like this earlier today!
henryaj on HNOn my Dell XPS running Ubuntu, I have the touch pad set to "natural" scrolling but I also use a mouse and have that set to traditional scrolling. I find I like this combination a…
rootbear on HN
Fills a gap left by Scroll Reverser on Catalina
From 2 comments
Thank you. I've been using Scroll Reverser[1], but it hasn't been updated to fully support Catalina (it works, but the installation process was not updated to request the…
muli_d on HNYou're welcome! Scroll Reverser no longer working well in Catalina is one of the main reasons that led me to create my own solution to the problem.
aptgetrekt on HN
Objections
Menu bar and preference apps clutter the Mac; a preference pane would be better
From 2 comments
I miss when apps like this were built as preference panes. An app that does nothing but change an OS setting—and whose user interface exists purely to adjust those settings—does…
Wowfunhappy on HN100% agreed but I finally gave in and bought Bartender to bring sanity to my menu bar and hide all of these menu bar apps. I was able to hide Notification Center as well which…
SllX on HN
Mixing natural and traditional scrolling across devices may cause confusion
From 1 comment
As someone who prefers Natural Scroll (and who understands that there are people who don't), why would someone want Natural Scroll on one interaction method and not on another?…
dpcx on HN
Requests
Option to hide the menu bar icon
From 1 comment
This is actually Apple's fault more than anyone. I was originally planning to release on the App Store but decided not to after thinking about the $100 a year fee to be in the…
aptgetrekt on HN
Preference pane version
From 1 comment
I miss when apps like this were built as preference panes. An app that does nothing but change an OS setting—and whose user interface exists purely to adjust those settings—does…
Wowfunhappy on HN
Questions
Can the app be sandboxed and distributed on the Mac App Store
From 2 comments
This is actually Apple's fault more than anyone. I was originally planning to release on the App Store but decided not to after thinking about the $100 a year fee to be in the…
aptgetrekt on HNLooks like it, yes. I don't use any special private APIs, just the public ones that you can use in apps on the app store. They need the accessibility permission to "Control your…
aptgetrekt on HN
Does the app need accessibility permission to intercept scroll events
From 2 comments
...wait a sec. Sandboxed apps have the ability to hijack the scroll wheel when you're using other apps?
Wowfunhappy on HNLooks like it, yes. I don't use any special private APIs, just the public ones that you can use in apps on the app store. They need the accessibility permission to "Control your…
aptgetrekt on HN
Alternatives named
Scroll Reverser
From 1 comment
Thank you. I've been using Scroll Reverser[1], but it hasn't been updated to fully support Catalina (it works, but the installation process was not updated to request the…
muli_d on HN
Mos
From 1 comment
Once I gave up on Scroll Revserser, I found Mos[1] as another option for this need. It just got a new v3 release and allows for toggleable smooth scrolling, as well as very…
mruszczyk on HN
Logitech Options
From 1 comment
Logitech Options has an option to set the scroll direction. As I switch between a trackpad and a Logitech mouse the scroll direction is always set to whichever feels ”expected”…
Kimitri on HN
SteerMouse
From 1 comment
My solution was SteerMouse. It allows me to individually set every scroll option and mouse speed and acceleration
frickenhamster on HN
discrete-scroll
From 1 comment
Yeah I think the exact same way! The top of the physical wheel spins the opposite direction of the bottom of the wheel which would be "touching" the page/content. Originally I…
aptgetrekt on HN