Comment on When they didn't read the manual

finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• RogueBanana@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Right, I associate scroll wheel to the scroll bar so it makes more sense to pull it down to push the content up. Trackpad is closer to touchscreens so it’s the opposite.

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you’re on a scrollwheel, you’re rolling a wheel down the page, and the viewport moves and the page stays still.

    Sliding the scrollbar does the same. It moves the viewport.

    On a touchscreen, you’re pulling the page directly. The page moves and the viewport stays still.

    A trackpad? I like to think that it’s sliding the scrollbar, not the document.

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    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except if you learned touchpads before touch screens, your mental model is that you’re still sliding the viewport down. Hence the option to disable “natural” scrolling.

      If you learned on touch screens, maybe the scroll wheel will feel more “natural” if it moves the page

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• RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t even like it on trackpads. Down should be down.

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  • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel like it’s more of a physical analogy in moving my fingers up to scroll down. It’s like I put my fingers on a piece of paper and dragged it upward, that’s how I would “scroll down”.

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• olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I agree, I’m used to the opposite now but “pulling on the content” like you do with smart phones makes more sense.

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• OtakuAllTheWay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I even use it on scroll wheels. It just feels natural LOL.

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• antsu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This.

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