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Am I the only one who hates smooth scrolling?

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f0dder:
I hate smooth scrolling in browsers, it's one of the first thing I turn off on a new install (well, it happens automatically with my unattended setup CD). It's awful. Ugly. Ugh.

I use mousewheel most of the time, sometimes the "middle button click" thing like curt, and other times pgup/pgdn keys... depends on where my hands are and what I'm reading etc.

superboyac:
I haven't tried the newest logitech mouse with the fancy button wheel
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I had that mouse (the MX-Revolution) for about a month. Then I got a little pissed that the frigging Logitech drivers kept losing my custom button assignments and dropped it from a little too high, it broke.

The hardware is awesome! A HUGE improvement. But the software sucks. I've found with Logitech, you better be happy with what you get in the box because there'll only be like, 3 updates, ever.
-Hirudin (July 16, 2007, 09:23 PM)
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I have that mouse too, and I learned a long time ago to NEVER load their software.  The mouse works great - It is awesome, in fact.  Just don't use the software!  Some people complain that without it you can't program the extra buttons, but honestly, Do you really need to?  The defaults seem pretty intuitive and if it allows you to forgo the crappy software, isn't it worth it? 

Of course I guess that is pretty much the same thing you are saying.  :Thmbsup:
-steeladept (July 17, 2007, 07:36 AM)
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Man, I gotta get that mouse sometime.  Aren't there any third party applications that allow you to assign mouse buttons?  Or does it have to be done by the manufacturer's drivers?
I'm using a combo Logitech mouse+keyboard, and I remember getting annoyed by the software in the beginning.  I think what pissed me off was that everything reacted so slowly.  So I removed the drivers, and now I just use it plain.  I can't assign all the little buttons on the keyboard, but I'm not annoyed anymore.  That really is bad of logitech to do that since they are the #1 mouse+keyboard people.

app103:
Sorry, I cannot explain smooth scrolling better than that: When you put a page in motion, it won't stop right after you stop scrolling, but keep scrolling for a while (like due to inertia). I can't find better English words for that.

Completely, totally brain-dead idea. Sucks big time. In every app.
-alxwz (July 16, 2007, 08:03 PM)
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Is that what that is? And here I thought all along that it was just my slow WinME pc that couldn't keep up with how fast I was scrolling. Now I know what to look for and turn off. Thanks.

(not that it matters any more since the mouse on that pc lost the ability to scroll)

You know what took a long time to get used to, and I am still not 100% used to it yet?

You know how a normal mouse, the wheel clicks...so you can actually count the 'notches' that you scroll? I have a mouse without that...smooth wheel...no clicks. I can't ctrl+scroll any more.  :(

steeladept:
Man, I gotta get that mouse sometime.  Aren't there any third party applications that allow you to assign mouse buttons?  Or does it have to be done by the manufacturer's drivers?
I'm using a combo Logitech mouse+keyboard, and I remember getting annoyed by the software in the beginning.  I think what pissed me off was that everything reacted so slowly.  So I removed the drivers, and now I just use it plain.  I can't assign all the little buttons on the keyboard, but I'm not annoyed anymore.  That really is bad of logitech to do that since they are the #1 mouse+keyboard people.

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I haven't found any software for it, but I haven't looked real hard either.  I just use it plain as you stated.

Curt:
...   I have a mouse without that...smooth wheel...no clicks. I can't ctrl+scroll any more.  :(  -app103 (July 17, 2007, 10:34 AM)
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What could you do with Ctrl+Scroll ??  - because I can do nothing! What feature has been / should be / are connected to Ctrl+Scroll?

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