Mac Forum / General / General / February 2010

no serious problems, this time, but some curiosity...

I'm using my new iMac, with OS 10.6.2. Wireless keyboard and mystical magical
mouse. I love it. My level of expertise is such that I would probably get by
with a hand-cranked, woodburning computer, but I'll never go back there, now.

What I am curious about is why I will sometimes zoom a screen without having
to use the control key, depending on what software I'm using at the time. I'm
not quite organized enough yet, to make specific notes on this.  

I enjoy the ability to scroll up and down a screen by stroking the top of the
mouse, rather than using the scroll bar on the right of the screen. It is
disconcerting to have something happen that I am not expecting. Expecting to
scroll down, and suddenly the image shrinks to a dot instead, I am taken
aback. Fortunately, I have turned off voice commands, so that the computer
will not react to what I say when I get surprised by this event.

I apologize for taking your time with this item, but if you have the time for
some input to this little puzzle, I'd be grateful.

Respectfully,
tom koehler