OS X on the other hand, has a stepped acceleration curve, where the mouse moves at one DPI when slow, and another when moved faster then a threshold. Think of it as basically having the DPI of the mouse inversely proportional to the mouse's speed. the distance moved is proportional to the speed the mouse moves. Microsoft has released custom drivers for their mice that mimic the mouse behavior on windows.Įssentially, the windows "Enhance Pointer Precision" option applies linear velocity-based acceleration to the mouse movements, e.g. The option that is out there is to buy a Microsoft mouse, and use it on OS X. Fixing the mouse acceleration on OS X will at minimum require a custom kext, which is non-trivial to code. Personally, I have poked about a bit in the kernel myself, but am unfamiliar with kernel programming. However, development is really slow, or stalled. Mouse Curve is a supposedly forthcoming pref-pane that completely replaces the OS X mouse HID kext. The option to define custom mouse acceleration curves was present in OS X 10.4, but apple simplified it in 10.5, and removed it entirely in 10.6.
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