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From: nunya@biz.net (Alan)
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Subject: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.
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by: Alan - Tue, 2 Apr 2024 00:45 UTC

I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.

Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
uses, but...

....I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.

I opened Settings...

....checked the various things you change about the mouse there...

....and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.

Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control
Panel...

....and still nothing.

So I check online and would you look at that:

The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
Windows is...

....TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!

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From: applefanboy@btinternet.com (David Brooks)
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by: David Brooks - Tue, 2 Apr 2024 08:27 UTC

On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>
> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
> uses, but...
>
> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>
> I opened Settings...
>
> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>
> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>
> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control
> Panel...
>
> ...and still nothing.
>
> So I check online and would you look at that:
>
> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
> Windows is...
>
> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!

I found this - it confirms what you claim!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2

It also provides a solution.

Is you M3 MacBook Air now 'up and running'?

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From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
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by: candycanearter07 - Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:20 UTC

David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com> wrote at 08:27 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
>> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
>> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
>> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
>> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>>
>> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
>> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
>> uses, but...
>>
>> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
>> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>>
>> I opened Settings...
>>
>> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>>
>> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>>
>> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
>> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control
>> Panel...
>>
>> ...and still nothing.
>>
>> So I check online and would you look at that:
>>
>> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
>> Windows is...
>>
>> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!
>
> I found this - it confirms what you claim!
>
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2
>
> It also provides a solution.
>
>=
>
> Is you M3 MacBook Air now 'up and running'?

No way...that's actually insane. Even something as restricted as
ChromeOS provides that option in the settings.
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by: -hh - Sat, 6 Apr 2024 23:34 UTC

On 4/2/24 11:20 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com> wrote at 08:27 this Tuesday (GMT):
>> On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
>>> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
>>> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
>>> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
>>> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>>>
>>> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
>>> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
>>> uses, but...
>>>
>>> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
>>> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>>>
>>> I opened Settings...
>>>
>>> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>>>
>>> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>>>
>>> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
>>> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control
>>> Panel...
>>>
>>> ...and still nothing.
>>>
>>> So I check online and would you look at that:
>>>
>>> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
>>> Windows is...
>>>
>>> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!
>>
>> I found this - it confirms what you claim!
>>
>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2
>>
>> It also provides a solution.
> ...
>
> No way...that's actually insane. Even something as restricted as
> ChromeOS provides that option in the settings.

There's invariably going to be elements of any UI that aren't changeable
(see car steering wheel for which way it turns), but within computer
software there's far fewer actual physical restrictions.

Overall, it is a "less freedom", but it also seems likely that MS paid
attention to how few users actually chose to invert the control of the
wheel. Wonder if anyone actually has user UI statistics on that?

-hh

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by: candycanearter07 - Sun, 7 Apr 2024 14:50 UTC

-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote at 23:34 this Saturday (GMT):
> On 4/2/24 11:20 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com> wrote at 08:27 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>> On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
>>>> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
>>>> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
>>>> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
>>>> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>>>>
>>>> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
>>>> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
>>>> uses, but...
>>>>
>>>> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
>>>> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>>>>
>>>> I opened Settings...
>>>>
>>>> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>>>>
>>>> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
>>>> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control
>>>> Panel...
>>>>
>>>> ...and still nothing.
>>>>
>>>> So I check online and would you look at that:
>>>>
>>>> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
>>>> Windows is...
>>>>
>>>> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!
>>>
>>> I found this - it confirms what you claim!
>>>
>>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2
>>>
>>> It also provides a solution.
>> ...
>>
>> No way...that's actually insane. Even something as restricted as
>> ChromeOS provides that option in the settings.
>
> There's invariably going to be elements of any UI that aren't changeable
> (see car steering wheel for which way it turns), but within computer
> software there's far fewer actual physical restrictions.
>
> Overall, it is a "less freedom", but it also seems likely that MS paid
> attention to how few users actually chose to invert the control of the
> wheel. Wonder if anyone actually has user UI statistics on that?
>
> -hh

Probably, but it still kinda sucks to not have the option.
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by: Alan - Sun, 7 Apr 2024 20:01 UTC

On 2024-04-06 19:34, -hh wrote:
> On 4/2/24 11:20 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com> wrote at 08:27 this Tuesday
>> (GMT):
>>> On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
>>>> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
>>>> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
>>>> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
>>>> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>>>>
>>>> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
>>>> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
>>>> uses, but...
>>>>
>>>> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
>>>> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>>>>
>>>> I opened Settings...
>>>>
>>>> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>>>>
>>>> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
>>>> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked
>>>> Control
>>>> Panel...
>>>>
>>>> ...and still nothing.
>>>>
>>>> So I check online and would you look at that:
>>>>
>>>> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
>>>> Windows is...
>>>>
>>>> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!
>>>
>>> I found this - it confirms what you claim!
>>>
>>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2
>>>
>>> It also provides a solution.
>> ...
>>
>> No way...that's actually insane. Even something as restricted as
>> ChromeOS provides that option in the settings.
>
> There's invariably going to be elements of any UI that aren't changeable
> (see car steering wheel for which way it turns), but within computer
> software there's far fewer actual physical restrictions.
>
> Overall, it is a "less freedom", but it also seems likely that MS paid
> attention to how few users actually chose to invert the control of the
> wheel. Wonder if anyone actually has user UI statistics on that?

If MS paid attention how many people inverted a control they can only
invert on Windows, H?

Would that be a little bit like paying attention to the number of users
that used a mouse back when MS-DOS had no support for one?

:-)

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by: -hh - Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:07 UTC

On 4/7/24 4:01 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-04-06 19:34, -hh wrote:
>> On 4/2/24 11:20 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com> wrote at 08:27 this Tuesday
>>> (GMT):
>>>> On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
>>>>> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering
>>>>> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to
>>>>> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the
>>>>> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different
>>>>> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment
>>>>> uses, but...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the
>>>>> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
>>>>>
>>>>> I opened Settings...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are
>>>>> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked
>>>>> Control
>>>>> Panel...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...and still nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I check online and would you look at that:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in
>>>>> Windows is...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!
>>>>
>>>> I found this - it confirms what you claim!
>>>>
>>>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2
>>>>
>>>> It also provides a solution.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> No way...that's actually insane. Even something as restricted as
>>> ChromeOS provides that option in the settings.
>>
>> There's invariably going to be elements of any UI that aren't
>> changeable (see car steering wheel for which way it turns), but within
>> computer software there's far fewer actual physical restrictions.
>>
>> Overall, it is a "less freedom", but it also seems likely that MS
>> paid attention to how few users actually chose to invert the control
>> of the wheel. Wonder if anyone actually has user UI statistics on that?
>
> If MS paid attention how many people inverted a control they can only
> invert on Windows, H?

I think it really comes down to how many MS software developers actually
want that feature for themselves, such that they'll DIY it (or put in
the change request, etc).

> Would that be a little bit like paying attention to the number of users
> that used a mouse back when MS-DOS had no support for one?
>
> :-)
>

More like how Apple's Disk Utility abolished its ability to support RAID
in one of the OSX updates ... and then was surprised that their
tech-savvy customers screamed.

-hh

Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.

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by: candycanearter07 - Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:50 UTC

-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote at 23:07 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On 4/7/24 4:01 PM, Alan wrote:
[snip]
>> If MS paid attention how many people inverted a control they can only
>> invert on Windows, H?
>
> I think it really comes down to how many MS software developers actually
> want that feature for themselves, such that they'll DIY it (or put in
> the change request, etc).
>
>
>> Would that be a little bit like paying attention to the number of users
>> that used a mouse back when MS-DOS had no support for one?
>>
>> :-)
>>
>
> More like how Apple's Disk Utility abolished its ability to support RAID
> in one of the OSX updates ... and then was surprised that their
> tech-savvy customers screamed.
>
> -hh

Even regular user features get removed... like WinAero and Gadgets.
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Subject	Author
Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	Alan
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	David Brooks
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	candycanearter07
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	-hh
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	candycanearter07
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	Alan
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	-hh
Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.	candycanearter07