Good mouse hint from OS X Daily

[mac2x]

Thought I'd share this for those who haven't seen it already...this is really awesome if you've always wanted your Mac's mouse to behave like a PC mouse.

http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/02/kill-os-x-mouse-acceleration-from-the-command-line/#comments

It's easy to do and easily reversible simply by messing with the tracking slider in System Prefs.

In a terminal:

$ curl -O http://ktwit.net/code/killmouseaccel

$ chmod +x killmouseaccel

$ ./killmouseaccel mouse

And voilà!! Your mouse now behaves like a PC mouse, free from crappy acceleration. Personally, I prefer the acceleration I get from MagicPrefs to this. But it's still cool. Best of all, it's free!

 

[kasakka]

For the record mice on Windows do have mouse acceleration and it's a good thing. The difference is that OSX just has a really poor mouse acceleration curve.

I find 3rd party drivers like Steermouse and USB Overdrive do much better in getting the feel of the mouse right. Simply disabling acceleration will not do in my experience.

 

[Patrick J]

I disabled the acceleration, but I found it hard to pinpoint small buttons on the screen (like the little x to close a tab).

So I put it back.

 

[elleana]

this is really awesome if you've always wanted your Mac's mouse to behave like a PC mouse.

Now, who would want that?

 

[Patrick J]

Now, who would want that?

I actually prefer the Mac acceleration curve. Maybe I'm just used to it.

 

[mac2x]

I disabled the acceleration, but I found it hard to pinpoint small buttons on the screen (like the little x to close a tab).

So I put it back.

I have the same problem on Win XP. Look folks, I just threw this out there for those interested. If you don't like, that's just fine with me.