Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel. Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:50:14 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:50:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ad8926ca1d47ea8a051e3112573a8155"; logging-data="1841415"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ETQ3mHGzTGufidztwK+2wNs5QnbpJVn/7Vf2igNe9bw==" User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0V63aIJ8YikUquYXtMzlNTnCuH4= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 23:07 this Wednesday (GMT): > On 4/7/24 4:01 PM, Alan wrote: [snip] >> If MS paid attention how many people inverted a control they can only >> invert on Windows, H? > > I think it really comes down to how many MS software developers actually > want that feature for themselves, such that they'll DIY it (or put in > the change request, etc). > > >> Would that be a little bit like paying attention to the number of users >> that used a mouse back when MS-DOS had no support for one? >> >> :-) >> > > More like how Apple's Disk Utility abolished its ability to support RAID > in one of the OSX updates ... and then was surprised that their > tech-savvy customers screamed. > > -hh Even regular user features get removed... like WinAero and Gadgets. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom