Despite being a heavy cell phone user for more than 25 years, it only recently occurred to me that vertical navigation on most phones is inverted when compared to traditional computers. You swipe down to navigate upward, and up to navigate downward. I recently spent time using a MacBook, which apparently defaults to this “natural” scrolling (mobile-style), and I was completely thrown off by it.

I’ve been using natural scrolling on a couple of my own desktops ever since, mostly as a mental exercise, and I wondered…how many of you folks prefer this method?

  • pascal@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I hate how natural is called natural cuz there’s nothing natural about it

    It’s all Apple propaganda to make their way more justified to their Apple fanbois.

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s because of touchscreens since that behavior on a touchscreen more accurately emulates physically manipulating the items in the screen.