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Too real (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47150767

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[–] 15 points 5 months ago (8 children)

My girlfriend does NOT use her mouse wheel to scroll web pages. It's melting my brain.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Page up, down, space, home, and end are WAY more responsive and faster.

    Problem is, some pages do funky things with keyboard inputs and/or focus odd elements. This basically shoots a 30-year-old page navigation standard in the head.

    Also, don't get me started on apps crippling back-navigation.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've got a friend who scrolls webpages by middle-clicking and moving the cursor down.

    Drives me insane every time I see her do it.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Is she a Firefox user too, then? I feel handicapped in Chromium browsers when middle-clicking does fuck all. If it's more than three wheel spins away, I too engage "auto-scroll", as it's called. Of course you can also scroll fast if your mouse wheel unlocks and spins freely but with the middle click auto-scroll, you can also go slow and indefinitely, which can be handy for longer reads or for presentation / screen share purposes.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Me neither, I grab the scrollbar and speed up/slow down as i'm scrolling through the page. Scroll wheel is 1 speed.

    I also disable smooth scrolling. When I do use the wheel, I hate it when I can see text move to a position and I have to wait for the animation to finish. Nah, I want it to move there instantly, not slowly but smoothly.

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