[OSX-Users] Re: Lion Mail.app

[Hugh Glaser]

On 20 Jul 2011, at 20:38, Nick Gibbins wrote:

> I'm with Jules on this; trackpad scrolling feels wrong (even though I know 
> it makes more sense now than it did before - I'm dragging the document, not 
> the scrollbar), but I'll stick with it until it feels right.
A few years ago I met an old friend and she used my machine.
She turned the mouse upside down and started to use it that way, and I realised her view was that she was moving the document/screen.
She explained that the first time she had used a machine she had used the mouse that way, and it just seemed natural, and she had carried on ever since.
I decided it was a stunning example of how we can be taught to do things and subsequently never challenge them (me, not her!).
And I was impressed she had never let the endless comments of the rest of the world change the way she felt like doing things.
I guess Apple may be catching up with my friend Susan :-)
> 
> Mail still feels awkward, though.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On 20 Jul 2011, at 20:27, Jules Field wrote:
> 
>> On MacBook Pros with a trackpad, I've been using Lion for quite a while, and it only takes a couple of hours to get used to the new default scrolling direction. Most of the Macs I use are other people's and so will be setup the new default way, so it's a very necessary investment for me. If you only ever use your own computers, then switch it whichever way feels easier for you.
>> 
>> Scrolling the old way seems really odd to me now!
>> I just want to drag the document up and down, not the window showing me a bit of it.
>> And with the new direction all my Apple devices work the *same* way, which makes life simpler.
>> 
>> Just my 2p worth. "It helps with scrolling" is not a global opinion. :-)
>> 
>> Jules.
>> 
>> On 20/07/2011 20:22, Thanassis Tiropanis wrote:
>>> One of the first things that I changed was to untick the option 'Scroll direction: natural' in the 'scroll&  zoom' tab of the trackpad settings. It helps with scrolling on any app...
>>> Best
>>> Thanassis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 20 Jul 2011, at 20:14, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Holy cow. I'm not saying that the default settings are wrong, but they're
>>>> very different to existing behaviour (particularly conversations). This
>>>> could take quite a bit of getting used to.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, Launchpad - what's the point?
>>>> -- 
>>>> Dr Nicholas Gibbins                                     nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>> Web and Internet Science                   http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/
>>>> Electronics and Computer Science                   tel: +44 (0) 23 80598879
>>>> University of Southampton                          fax: +44 (0) 23 80592865
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Jules
>> 
>> -- 
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>> 
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> Dr Nicholas Gibbins                                     nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
> Web and Internet Science                   http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/ 
> Electronics and Computer Science                   tel: +44 (0) 23 80598879 
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