Mouse Movement

[MikeyTadd]

I have noticed, as a Windows user at work, and a Mac user at home, that the mouse control in the mac seems a little strange.

Dont know if its just me or not, but the mouse seems to move alot easier using the windows OS. Both using the mighty mouse and a usb one.

Anyone else had similar experiences?

 

[bartelby]

Do you me the tracking of the mouse?

Have you messed with the Mouse System Preferences?

 

[Puckboy]

I am using the default Mighty Mouse, and I have turned tracking to the max. I still find that I have to move my mouse a LOT. The sensitivity is just not there. I cannot compare the MM in a Windows environment, nor have I tried a different mouse (I'm thinking it's the mouse). But I agree with MikeyTadd, it kinda sucks right now.

 

[ivi7]

Compared to other mice the Apple mouse is a bit slow in its movements.

 

[Reverov]

I am a fairly new switcher and I noticed this problem too... it has to do with the poor acceleration that Apple has implemented into its mouse drivers. There are a few programs out there that fix this but cost some dough. Fortunately some awesome guy named Richard Bentley has already noticed the problem and he wrote a small utility that fixes the problem. The mouse will behave more like XP now. I use a setting of around 3 when I use mousefix. The official site is Knock Knock. It's been down the past day or so so I'm not sure what's going on or if it will even come back up. Lucky for you I archive the programs I like so I uploaded it here for you. Just follow the instructions inside and you should be on your way to better mouse movements.

P.S. Thank you Richard for letting me post your program.

 

[CalBoy]

I have noticed, as a Windows user at work, and a Mac user at home, that the mouse control in the mac seems a little strange.

Dont know if its just me or not, but the mouse seems to move alot easier using the windows OS. Both using the mighty mouse and a usb one.

Anyone else had similar experiences?

Do you me the tracking of the mouse?

Have you messed with the Mouse System Preferences?

I second this, and I add a picture, just for the heck of it

 

[skinnylegs]

Great little app.! Thanks for the linkage.

 

[Reverov]

Great little app.! Thanks for the linkage.

Not a problem, glad to help out.

 

[scotty588]

Does this work ok on Leopard?

 

[JFreak]

As always this comes down to user preferences. I like many other prefer slow mouse that has more resolution in its movement, whereas some people (like most windows people) are used to high-speed movement. Luckily the movement can be adjusted; there's just big difference in default behavior of Macintosh and Windows systems.

I like the Mac way better.