jess wrote:
I used to do the same thing. And it used to piss me off. Because I used so many different machines on a day-to-day basis, though -- many of them with a fresh OS install, as was necessary in my job -- I found myself constantly battling natural scroll, and needing to turn it off. Or needing to use someone else's machine (e.g. QA showing me a bug) where I couldn't change it.
And so I accepted it. I started using natural scroll. And it didn't take me long to adapt to it, either. Like, less than a day.
Now I never have to battle it, it's always set to what I'm expecting, and I'm happier (or at least less frustrated) as a result.
I'm not telling you to switch. But I can tell you that I'm happier that I switched, for all the same reasons that you're pissed off.
p.s. They're never going back.
Oh, I know if I were to completely switch I'd adapt and be fine.
The thing is, I have a desktop PC (HP EliteOne) with a Logitech mouse, and the MacBook Pro (with Magic Mouse). I have both set up with reverse scrolling. I haven't checked to see if the HP can work with Natural Scrolling or not.
But I also use other computers at work.
There are five Fiery CommandWorkstations for our color printers. Each of them is a PC with reverse scrolling.
There's the job tracking computer (HP with reverse scrolling).
Then there's the computer that controls the Mutoh large format printer and Graftek large format cutter. It's a Dell laptop with Natural Scrolling.
My wife has her iMac setup with Natural Scrolling. I had to use it to do our taxes on Sunday, and I had to use it last night to download a software update for the infotainment system on my truck (couldn't do it at work because IT blocks USB ports from accessing data devices).
So the majority of the computers I use are set up with reverse scrolling.
I'll adapt, it's just frustrating to expect one setup, and discover the other.
I suppose that eventually all computers will go to Natural Scrolling, and it'll be a non-issue. But for now, it still pisses me off.