VuipesPeople who use Mouse acceleration, why?
I know its enabled by default. This question is mainly for people who prefer to keep it enabled.... #AskKbin
ithasPeople turn it off?! Surely it is faster with acceleration rather than without?! I guess I can try, I have now disabled enhance pointer precision in windows. What I can say is, it does actually seem to go faster than I expected. I then tried to get back to the checkbox to turn it back on and completely overshot the selection box and then overcorrected my overcorrection. Now I'm curious what most people use.
strawberryusually its faster with acceleration. what acceleration does is when u move your mouse quickly it will move the mouse more proportional to how far u moved it. so move your mouse 10cm in 1 second and you get across the whole screen. move it 10cm in 10 seconds and it only moves halfway (pulled the proportions out of my ass but u get the point)
Which I definitely prefer. The chatgpt thing in the OP had me thinking -I- was hallucinating. I've always felt it takes less hand movement to move across the screen with acceleration
OnionizerWell ChatGPT is wrong. You’d have to look at a particular acceleration curve to determine whether it can be slower or faster. For example if the curve was x^2 (where x is the raw speed) then it would always be faster with acceleration.
Acceleration is very useful on small trackpads because you can move the mouse across the whole screen with one swipe but still position it accurately if you move your finger slowly.
I know that ChatGPT is sometimes wrong, but it gave me a source that seemed legit.
A study by Dr. Levi Harrison, a hand surgeon who specializes in RSI, found that gamers who used high mouse sensitivity and mouse acceleration were more likely to develop RSI. He also found that gamers who used lower mouse sensitivity and no mouse acceleration were less likely to develop
Seems to be from here: https://drleviharrison.com/mouse-sensitivity-gaming-rsi/
So at the very least is a real person and appears accurate to his claims
In observing high sensitivity play, it is clear that there is more of an isolation of the hand and wrist in regards to movement. These players will flick their wrists aggressively, hence engaging the anatomical structures that are at risk for developing RSI including the carpal tunnel, the wrist, joints, tendons, etc.
Reads as though the shorter, violent action of wrist flicking is claimed to be more damaging than constant, slower movement.
Mouse Sensitivity, Gaming & RSI - Dr. Levi Harrison
Mouse Sensitivity, Gaming & RSI The mouse is undoubtedly an integral aspect of any gamer’s arsenal, and it has most certainly evolved over the years. Many attempts to address the perpetual threat of repetitive stress injury have been made, ranging from the relatively archaic track ball, to a multitude of ergonomic mice. Though there are