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?

  • Still@programming.dev
    192·
    10 months ago

    I hate how natural is called natural cuz there’s nothing natural about it, when using a touchpad or mouse you’re controlling the viewport, mouse down should move the viewport down

    • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      Seems to be a common thing in the UX design world to give your ideas very humanist or comfy sounding names. I get the intention to make change sound less threatening but it gives off very cult-like vibes to me.

      But I ain’t a designer by any means, I looked into abit of UX design/philosophy and was turned off by all the buzzwords and seeming lack of discussion around what users actually want.

    • pascal@lemm.eeEnglish
      83·
      10 months 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
        1·
        10 months ago

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