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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?

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's a good thing Apple doesn't make cars. They'd put the gas pedal on the left just to be different, and claim it's more "natural" that way.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they would probably let you pay a small fee per month for this feature.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My absolute biggest complaint with my BMW. The electronic gear shifter. Want to go backwards? Push the shifter forward. Want to go forwards? Pull the shifter backwards. Fucking genius! <\s>

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Isn't that somewhat accepted like with sequential transmissions pushing forward downshifts and pulling back upshifts

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