Robb's Epic Gtk Scrolling

2008.12.18 in code and gnome

Somehow Robb and I got on the topic of two-finger scrolling in Linux, the other day.

Now, being a Mac user, I'm rather used to pixel-precision two-finger scrolling...

Here's what you usually get in Linux:

Bad scrolling from Robert Carr on Vimeo.

Here's what you get now, with Robb's patch to Gtk and the Synaptics driver:

Awesome scrolling from Robert Carr on Vimeo.

Read more on Robb's blog.

P.S. The browser he's using there is our currently-under-development 'complete' Seed browser.