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ther0n / UnnaturalScrollWheels

Invert scroll direction for physical scroll wheels while maintaining "Natural" scrolling for trackpads on MacOS
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Add to macOS System Preferences #1

Closed cseelus closed 4 years ago

cseelus commented 4 years ago

Would it be possible to add a System component, so that UnnaturalScrollWheels shows up in the System Preferences?

Also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23966571

ther0n commented 4 years ago

I think it is possible technically, I would have preferred to implement it this way as well. Currently the app works by intercepting scroll events, determining if they came from a mouse, inverting the input event data or modifying it to disable acceleration depending on settings, then passing it on to the application/system. With a preference pane I would need to have two pieces, a background process that does what I describe, and the preference pane. It addition to making it more complicated to develop (I only have 72 hours of macOS development), it would also be a little more complicated to install and require many more permissions.

Originally I was going to release on the App Store but decided against it due to the $100 a year fee to join the developer program, and the 30% fee Apple charges on paid apps making it harder to break even on that $100 a year. Still I want to keep the option open to release on the App Store. Apps on the App Store need to be sandboxed and that means no preference pane.

cseelus commented 4 years ago

I see, thanks for the extensive answer.

gmjelle commented 4 years ago

Hi @ther0n I am a member of the developer program. If you want you can contact me and I'd gladly work something out with you to get it in the App Store.

ther0n commented 4 years ago

Hi @jellevdvliet, thanks for the offer but seeing so much interest is making me re-evaluate paying the $100 to publish the app myself. I'll keep it in mind though!