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Comment by allthetime

11 hours ago

The only problem with this scroll wheel is that the clicked mode does not actually guarantee a scroll event per click. There is a disconnect between the mechanical click and the actual event sensor. This is usually a non issue but if you try to use the scroll up/down as a bind in a game (fps jump for instance) it becomes painfully obvious.

Oh and also scroll click isn’t a thing (but there is the middle button to bind)

For normal work I absolutely love the unlocked flywheel scroll and won’t go back

Another problem is that applications that try to implement smooth scroll for wheel events will actually drop events or screw up the animation, making the unlocked scroll useless or just as slow as normal.

  • Smooth scrolling for wheel events works fine in Firefox on Linux, speed and all. I have such a momentum wheel Logitech mouse. (I almost always leave the clicks engaged, the wheel can still keep going for quite a distance if flicked hard enough.)

  • Do you have an example application that does that? Used such Mouse a long time on Windows and now on Mac but never experienced that.

  • As a general rule anything that scroll jacks is quickly removed from my computer or browser tab

    • It's not (most) websites that do this, but the browsers and applications themselves. Games are also notorious for it. It's possible to configure it in some cases (like in Firefox), but in others it's just built-in and there's no knob.