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Oct 07, 08 - 03:44 pm Comment from: Jimbo von Winskinheimer

Author calls it "indispensable", wonders "why you didn't get it sooner". It gets 5 stars and high fives. Yet, $19 is too much? Holy cow! I think the author needs to ask for a raise or something. I often spend more than that on lunch!

Oct 07, 08 - 03:47 pm Comment from: Wealthy Industrialite

I thought he was going to say $399 or something. $19? Is that really too much for something "indispensable"?

Oct 07, 08 - 03:48 pm Comment from: ron

Smart Scroll is well worth the money. Just give up two lattes and quit yer bitchin.

Oct 07, 08 - 03:57 pm Comment from: Willie G

@ron, where the hell to do you get lattes that cost $9.50? You know, you don't HAVE to drink 'em by the bucket.

I agree that the author's whining is unfounded, everything costs more these days, and with the work and hours that go into Dev, I often wonder why so many give their apps away. We all deserve to be rewarded for our hard work.

Oct 07, 08 - 04:10 pm Comment from: pocketRocket

@Wille G

I agree with you, there are alot of good iPhone apps that their developers really should have charged for, even if only for $1.99. It just pervades the PC mentality that people are entitled to the hard work of developers for nothing. Good apps should cost something.

But do I really want an intelligent scrolling app? hmm.. nope I'll just use my common sense and vote no to opening my wallet this time.

Oct 07, 08 - 04:27 pm Comment from: twilightmoon

"Alexis Kayhill asks for Mac360."

Once I saw that I stopped reading. Mac360 is a shameful shadow of what it used to be filled with anti-Apple bile and PC fanboyism.

No thanks.

Meh.
I downloaded and installed the trial.
It made my apple mouse act goofy.

While it did make scrolling snappy in made my mouse tracking dog slow. I even altered sys.prefs to max out the speed of mouse tracking and it still was not good.
BTW I am running a MacBook Pro (1st gen intel)

Oct 07, 08 - 05:03 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

"Usually that’s the case, and it is certainly the case with Smart Scoll..."

must'a been written on a pc

The author is right to say that scroll utility should cost less than 19 bucks. You guys are nuts.

I stopped reading Mac360 a while ago. When they regularly complain about regular updates to the products, like iLife, as "forcing us to pay the regular mac tax" it pretty much spells out their idiocy.

And just because an update comes out does not mean you MUST buy it. I see their writing hasn't changed.

I put Mac360 on my prohibited list years ago. Its mods had turned into harpies even then, as though MS had paid them to alienate and insult long-time and new posters alike. The switch was sudden, like that of a radio station changing formats.

It's a site to avoid.

Oct 07, 08 - 05:44 pm Comment from: ron

Rs- Meh.
I downloaded and installed the trial.
It made my apple mouse act goofy.

While it did make scrolling snappy in made my mouse tracking dog slow. I even altered sys.prefs to max out the speed of mouse tracking and it still was not good.
BTW I am running a MacBook Pro (1st gen intel)

Operator error! Use Smart Scroll prefs.

Ever since Tera passed away, the site has taken a dump.

Oct 07, 08 - 06:27 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Gil... You're right. It used to be a fun, fluff site. It seems that the people who took over from Tera Patricks have morphed into Pee Sea dorks.

I dumped the bookmark not long ago.

Oct 07, 08 - 07:17 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

I stopped reading Mac360, after so many of its links were to old articles. What is up with that?

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Rs- Meh.
I downloaded and installed the trial.
It made my apple mouse act goofy.

While it did make scrolling snappy in made my mouse tracking dog slow. I even altered sys.prefs to max out the speed of mouse tracking and it still was not good.
BTW I am running a MacBook Pro (1st gen intel)

Operator error! Use Smart Scroll prefs.
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I played around with them briefly but my mouse still acted goofy. Though I sure there was some pref to correct it. I didn't feel like searching for it.

If the default prefs change my basic mouse settings then something is wrong.

Tried it for 10 seconds and now I gotta uninstall it. Sorry. Not for me.

My Logitech MX mouse makes it automatically.

I tried it on my eMac with Microsoft wheel mouse and I didn't even wait an hour and I had given them my money. GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN THE MOUSE SINCE THE WHEEL!

I'm also one that disregards anything from Mac360. It's absolute rubbish.

And that includes describing this app as indispensable, and which should be the price of an iPhone app at 1.99.

I put this on my MacBook at work with a Mighty Mouse and it works just great.
- As for Mac360, even the mouse itself is disposable, at least on laptops, however, this utility is a wonderful addition. If you use your Mac to make money and time is important, then this will be money well spent.
- Note: it does not work with Filemaker 9

Oct 08, 08 - 09:05 am Comment from: thethirdshoe

@ron
"it did make scrolling snappy"
Drum roll...

How snappy was it?

Oct 08, 08 - 09:40 am Comment from: ron

to thethirdshoe. As snappy as some of the snapsters on this site.

Smart Scroll is about the best little app there is for the Mac. Some of these five minute testers shouldn't be so testy. So there!

I agree ... I luv it! Seems indispensable.... but 20 bucks is just way to much!

I love Mac 360 because they find and review Mac software you don't find reviewed elsewhere. Whilst I miss the old spice from Tera, I sure do not see any PC fanboy stuff at all.

In this case, Ms Kayhill is spot on. SmartScroll is really very cool and I could see myself using it and wondering why Apple doesn't include it-- but not for $19 USD.

Seriously? There are better apps on the iPhone for $1.99.

This thing saves a lot of finger work. It's like automatic transmission for your mouse.... it's like cell phones, you can't even remember how you got along in life without it... OK I'm exaggerating, but it is a great program. $20 for it is well spent.