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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: iindigo on Fri, 10 February 2012, 15:40:58

Title: Mac users: Tired of Mac OS X's mouse acceleration curve?
Post by: iindigo on Fri, 10 February 2012, 15:40:58

http://macupdate.com/app/mac/41736/smooth-cursor

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SmoothCursor is a little utility that allows you to customize the acceleration settings of your mouse or trackpad separately.

It provides you with a slider to adjust the acceleration curve to be negative, positive, or entirely disabled.


I don't use this myself, as I cannot feel any difference between Mac OS, Windows, and Linux as far as mousing is concerned, but figured some of the crowd here might appreciate it.

EDIT: Just to clarify, the program is not my creation. I ran across it when browsing MacUpdate.

Title: Mac users: Tired of Mac OS X's mouse acceleration curve?
Post by: kps on Fri, 10 February 2012, 16:25:07

I've never had a problem with the OS X or X11 (or X10 or NeWS or SunTools or NeXTStep or Interlisp), but Windows' spastic pointer movement drives me crazy.

Title: Mac users: Tired of Mac OS X's mouse acceleration curve?
Post by: pitashen on Fri, 10 February 2012, 16:28:33

Thanks for sharing. However I do make sure I game under windows.

Title: Mac users: Tired of Mac OS X's mouse acceleration curve?
Post by: boli on Sat, 11 February 2012, 05:05:07

Thanks for the tip.

I've been using USB Overdrive for years, and always disabled acceleration. Sadly I think I'll have to switch to something else (probably ControllerMate, as I already have a licence), because USBO doesn't work with the Magic Trackpad, which I'd like to give a try.

Title: Mac users: Tired of Mac OS X's mouse acceleration curve?
Post by: Brodie337 on Sat, 11 February 2012, 05:58:17

OH HELL YES!

Pardon me if I spontaneously fellate you for allowing me to set the trackpad separately to my mouse.