Mouse speed related cursor movement
When I bought my MacBook some weeks back I first thought that my mouse pad had some kind of error. This since the mouse movement seemed to be erratic and random. But since the problem was the exact same when i connected an external mouse I looked into the problem deeper. What I have learned is this.
Apparently the mouse driver in mac has a speed proportion feature. if the mouse is moved slow over a distance of 10cm the cursor moves a shorter distance than if the mouse is moved fast over a distance of 10cm.
This for me is highly counterintuitive usually resulting in me starting to move the mouse slow to move it a short distance however, after a short time since the cursor don't reach as far as I expect i will start accelerating the mouse hence overshooting the target by a mile. At first I thought that i would adapt to this given some time, but since this is very counterintuitive for me it the problem is actually growing worse. I think the reason for this is that i usually only use small movements when using my mouse, for instance on my desktop computer moving the cursor from the extreme lower left corner to the extreme upper right corner is a distance of only 2.5 cm for the mouse.
The distance is the same for my MacBook but only if i use the mouse in fast jerky movements, which is quit annoying to do and also screws up my usually impeccable cursor accuracy. If I move the mouse at my usual speed the cursor will move only a fraction of the distance wanted.
Sorry for the annoyingly long intro to the question...
So my question is if it still only is possible to remove this Mouse speed related Cursor movement by using third party mouse drivers. And if so which ones can you recommend to me?
This is a question that has been asked before on the following topic address: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=797297
but I am bringing it up again since i don't feel that it has actually been resolved. It has been almost 6 months since that topic was opened (5 months since last answer) so perhaps there has been some development within the area.
Thanks in advance
Best regards Mikael
MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Apparently the mouse driver in mac has a speed proportion feature. if the mouse is moved slow over a distance of 10cm the cursor moves a shorter distance than if the mouse is moved fast over a distance of 10cm.
This for me is highly counterintuitive usually resulting in me starting to move the mouse slow to move it a short distance however, after a short time since the cursor don't reach as far as I expect i will start accelerating the mouse hence overshooting the target by a mile. At first I thought that i would adapt to this given some time, but since this is very counterintuitive for me it the problem is actually growing worse. I think the reason for this is that i usually only use small movements when using my mouse, for instance on my desktop computer moving the cursor from the extreme lower left corner to the extreme upper right corner is a distance of only 2.5 cm for the mouse.
The distance is the same for my MacBook but only if i use the mouse in fast jerky movements, which is quit annoying to do and also screws up my usually impeccable cursor accuracy. If I move the mouse at my usual speed the cursor will move only a fraction of the distance wanted.
Sorry for the annoyingly long intro to the question...
So my question is if it still only is possible to remove this Mouse speed related Cursor movement by using third party mouse drivers. And if so which ones can you recommend to me?
This is a question that has been asked before on the following topic address: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=797297
but I am bringing it up again since i don't feel that it has actually been resolved. It has been almost 6 months since that topic was opened (5 months since last answer) so perhaps there has been some development within the area.
Thanks in advance
Best regards Mikael
MacBook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 Mac OS X (10.4.10)