The “ golden master ” of Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ) has been released to developers , which means it wo n’t be too farsighted before the Modern OS will be in the handwriting of consumer . When it is , among Lion’sover 250 new featuresis one that ’s generating quite a bit of hand - wringing ( or , in this caseful , finger - wringing):a newfangled means of scrolling . More specifically , the default scroll instruction in Lion is backwards — at least equate to the way we computer user have come to think of scrolling .
According to Apple , “ When you scroll or pilfer in Lion , contentedness now moves in the same direction as your finger’s breadth . ” In other parole , drag on two fingers downwardly on a MacBook ’s trackpad or Apple ’s Magic Trackpad ( ) — or spin your black eye ’s ringlet wheel towards you — and the content of the current document or window gyre down , as well . This is exactly the opposite of how it ’s worked sincethe mouse ringlet steering wheel debuted over 15 year ago .
We can debate whether or not this is a good alteration — and I ’ll presently be lend my own two cents on the subject — but it ’s the default option behaviour in Lion . And while Apple has provided a elementary setting in System Preferences to revert scrolling back to the traditional demeanor , it ’s secure to say that Apple reckon Lion ’s approach as the future tense . So there ’s an contestation to be made that we should start embracing it . ( When the inevitable touchscreen Macs add up along , it will certainly make a luck more sense . )
But you do n’t have to wait for Lion ’s entry to start getting used to “ invert ” scrolling . Thanks to a novel public-service corporation , you could get yourself quick for Lion scroll while you’regetting your mack ready for Lion . Scroll Reverseris a wide-eyed usefulness that , when die hard , station a new menu in your menu bar that allow you pick out your scroll behavior . pick out Reverse Scrolling , and your Snow Leopard will act like a Lion — at least as far as scroll direction goes . The public utility company even overturn horizontal scrolling — sweep two finger’s breadth across your trackpad to the odd , and onscreen capacity moves to the leftfield , as well .
If you ’re anything like me , it wo n’t take too long to adjust to this new behaviour when using a trackpad , but reverse scrolling will continue to feel , well , backwardsfor quite a while when using a mouse ’s ringlet wheel ( or the scroll ringing on a large trackball ) . So you may as well get a top dog start on acclimatize yourself while we all await for Lion to transport .
