having a moment here in gnome

to everyone pointing out that this is for touchpads;

a: it’s awful on that too

b: note the mouse in the example given

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’d rather have an app with unnecessary options that nobody will ever use than one where some UX expert somewhere has decided the exact way I have to interact with the program.

    • uranibaba@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      It is not about the wording, rather the having the option? No one would call that direction natural.

      • gornius@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        Actually “natural” gets a pass from me. It doesn’t feel right just because we got used to the opposite.

        Imagine a paper scroll on rolls. If you slide the top of the roll upwards - the paper goes up, and you can see more bottom content. The exact opposite happens when you scroll the mouse wheel with default config.

  • mathemachristian@lemm.ee
    0·
    10 months ago

    There was a point in time where first person video games couldn’t make their minds up and so games came with the option to have the y-axis inverted. Moving the mouse up would make the PC look down and vice versa.