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> If you drag the mouse quickly, the pointer will travel a greater distance for the same mouse movement than a slow drag. This helps move the mouse quickly and then adjust position.

IME, mouse acceleration is one of the bigger problems for people who rarely interact with computers. Not sure why it's turned on by default so often.




Have you ever used a computer with no or bad mouse acceleration? (If you’re a longtime Mac user, you probably have not.) It’s really unpleasant. It’s one of the things the Mac got right really early on.


All the time. It's great.




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