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Do you enjoy the reverse-scrolling?

stevensr123 said:
I turned it off after about 30 minutes, it's not BAD but it's terrible when you have to constantly switch between windows and mac for work and college related work.
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Same here plus I'm also switching between Lion and Snow Leopard on my Macs.

baryon said:
I really like natural scrolling, it took quite some time to get used to it, but I got used to it 100%. And it doesn't interfere with other computers, since every Mac can now have natural scrolling, while Windows computers don't have trackpads. Well, the ones that do have trackpads are crappy and you can't really scroll with them anyway, not to mention a smooth, two-finger scroll. There's no way Windows will do that, so it's not confusing at all.

The only thing I'd like is to be able to set normal mice to scroll normally. I mean the traditional mice that have a wheel with notches. They're great for gaming, but reverse scrolling doesn't work with them.
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I'm using a mouse on the Mac that's running Lion and my Mac with a trackpad is running Snow Leopard. :D
 
In some situations I enjoyed using

For just reading information (eg pages in Safari) I found the new way very good, and the graphics/animations seem to make more sense with the natural scrolling on

for general work, (Lightroom, Pages etc) I still find the old way of scrolling easier

I have it turned off again now, but might go back to trying the new way at some point again
 
Yes, I enjoy "reverse scrolling" in Lion; I don't even think about it anymore. It has become second nature. Kind of backwards-seeming at first. All those people who instantly complained about it and switched back to SL scrolling -- they would have gotten used to it, too, had they given it a chance. You just adapt.
 
I've gotten to where I like it plenty. Speaking of scrolling, I just noticed that Google Chrome doesn't have the little thingy that you can grab to scroll the page. There's nothing on the side of the page but a matte bar that scrolls the page if you click it. Safari still has the little grabber things.
 
It's awful. And now we've broken a wide paradigm so that people who use multiple machines have to guess which way round it's set.

Phazer
 
Love it, and never gave it a second thought after about two days of using it. I also use trackpads with all my Macs. So whenever I use a Windows PC with a mouse and scroll wheel I never get tempted to reverse scroll. Instead, the old muscle memory kicks in.

In the end I like the reverse scroll a lot better, because it makes more sense to move the content itself. And I was surprised at how fast I got used to it.
 
If you grab the scrollbar in Lion, it works in the "non-reverse" way. If you grab the page anywhere else and push it, it moves in the same direction it would move in reality. To test, put a piece of paper on the table, look in one place while pushing the page forward away from you. You will notice that you're eyes are moving toward the bottom of the sheet. So Lion works like reality works. It's the old version that is reversed. Some people don't like it because they're not used to it. Now it's logical.
 
It doesn't bother me either way, I can change between the two when using comuters, like I can using mac os to windows os. It doesn't require much effort. Oh look im going the wrong way, pull or push fingers in the other direction. Simple
 
seble said:
It doesn't bother me either way, I can change between the two when using comuters, like I can using mac os to windows os. It doesn't require much effort. Oh look im going the wrong way, pull or push fingers in the other direction. Simple
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Same here. I don't actually find any way better than the other and I can use them both.

I just got used to Lion scroll the very first day after a couple of hours and it is as "natural" as it used to be when things where backwards. I don't see any advantage/disadvantage with one or the other...
 
Didn't like it at first but after two weeks or so I got used to it, like it even more when I use it with the Trackpad.
 
I love it. Now I think about interacting with content directly across all of my Apple devices. No longer do I need to think about content in terms of a scroll bar.
 
I like natural scrolling a lot. At work I'm only on OS 10.4, so no natural scrolling there. Usually the first time I scroll at work I go the wrong way, but then I'm ok. I don't actually find it that confusing to switch back and forth.
 
baryon said:
I really like natural scrolling, it took quite some time to get used to it, but I got used to it 100%. And it doesn't interfere with other computers, since every Mac can now have natural scrolling, while Windows computers don't have trackpads. Well, the ones that do have trackpads are crappy and you can't really scroll with them anyway, not to mention a smooth, two-finger scroll. There's no way Windows will do that, so it's not confusing at all.
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A lot of the "Ultrabooks" such as the ASUS UX21 will have glass trackpads similar to what's on the MacBook Air/Pro. I don't know if they have written drivers that add multitouch or natural scrolling (even Apple's don't). That said, I have no issue going back and forth. If I see a Windows logo in the lower left and a scrollbar to the right, I use "unnatural" scrolling. If there's a Dock or I see a Mac UI element, I use natural scrolling.
 
No do not like it at all not sure why Apple forced it on us, should have included it, then let you decide which one you wanted.

Went back to SL because I do not like the quirks with Lion
 
Took me a little to get used to it, but I am fully loving it now!

if only my parents/any other PC laptop would have a trackpad sooo amazing like the mac's
 
Shortly after getting my first iPhone, I found myself accidentally scrolling in reverse on my MBP. Manipulating the document directly felt more natural.

With the traditional method you are virtually moving the scroll bar instead of the document. Now with Lion, scroll bars auto hide. It would be even less intuitive to virtually manipulate a hidden UI element.

Sure I have to fight a decades worth of mussel memory, but it's worth it.
 
It took me 2-3 weeks but I finally got it down 100% of the time now, no more accidentally scrolling the wrong way.
 
I really <3 it, but I'm having a hard time adjusting to it because the PC I use at work and VMs are in the original scrolling position.
 
I have "reverse scrolling" enabled on my MacBook Pro with the trackpad and "old-school" scrolling enabled on my Mini with the Magic Mouse. Yeah, I'm weird.
 
I didn't like it at all, because I rarely use my trackpad. It would be nice to set this behavior to trackpad only.
 
It took a day or so to get fully acclimated to, but once I did I haven't looked back. It does seem more natural.

At first when switching to a Windows PC it was weird, I'd always start to scroll up and get no response, then remember it's backwards now:D After a few days of using both methods there is no problem. I think it's because with a PC I'm grabbing a mouse and with Lion I'm always using a trackpad so my brain has differentiated the two.
 
Turning it off was one of the first things I did after the install of Lion finished. I just don't think it feels natural with a mouse. However, I have used it with a Magic Trackpad in an Apple Store and I really liked it.
 
autofree said:
I use it. And I do prefer it now.

The problem is that I'm so used to it that whenever I user a regular mouse at work, I'm always strolling up on the stroll wheel and the page strolls in the opposite direction! I'm all screwed up now. Lol.
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Same here but my issue is with scrolling not strolling. ;)
 
In my opinion, Apple need to include the "Natural" scrolling option in Snow Leopard, Leopard etc to allow you to standardise on your Macs. You certainly shouldn't have to shell out even more dosh for an App to do it on SL.
 
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