OSX has separate preference panels for mouse and touchpad in 10.6, 10.5 and IIRC also in 10.4 too. http://imagebin.org/71887 http://imagebin.org/71888 Kind regards, Nik On 16 Nov 2009, at 08:04, Stephan Assmus wrote: > > On 2009-11-15 at 23:01:27 [+0100], Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> -- Stephan Assmus, on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:50:51 +0100: >>> Don't know if you remember, but I mentioned "per input device settings" >>> before. I think it's even on the Future Haiku Features list. :-) >> >> Oh, right. I didn't make the connection at first, because I was fixated >> on the user perspective of the preference panel... :) >> >>> All that is certainly something I would want to work on in the next >>> time, >>> but I have not started yet and may need to pay attention to other stuff >>> in >>> the immediate future. If someone is interested and wants to discuss >>> implementation, I would be glad to share ideas. ;-) >> >> That will be another unique Haiku feature, right? Or what does Win7 and >> OSX? > > Could be. It seems Windows does take the mouse resolution into account, so > the same acceleration and speed settings feel the same for any mouse. That > helps of course. Some mice come with custom preflets, so in a way, that's > like having per device settings. With OSX I don't know. When I first used > it, I found the mouse configuration horrible. I was convinced it would > prevent me from using the OS, along with the horrible text rendering. It > bothered my girlfriend a lot, too, it seemed like the mouse settings simply > could not be tweaked to feel right. Mostly, because there is only one > slider. She would constantly overshoot targets and then the pointer > wouldn't move at all when you tried to move it carefully. There are a few > tools which you can download, but most seemed like they would only add a > constant factor to the acceleration, and not actually help at all. Somehow > we have achieved an "Ok" setting now. Or maybe an OS update solved the > problem silently. In any case, it doesn't seem like you can configure per > device, unless it comes with it's own driver and preflet. > > Best regards, > -Stephan >