So you can select the post you want to actually look at instead of having to scroll and scroll to find one that interests you. Like in a classical forum post, essentially.

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Agreed. It makes the posts you don't want to see much easier to ignore. Even my favorite subreddits have posts I don't care about, like r/fantasy posts praising Mistnorn for the billionth time.

I don't want giant images in my face right away, either, without warning of what they contain, especially if browsing unfamiliar or large subreddits.

[–] t0ny@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That and I have tendonitis so less scrolling past crap I don't care about means I have less pain / no pain.

[–] Gork@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

About a decade ago, Logitech had this awesome mouse with a freewheel spinning middle mouse button. It allowed for a long spin after release and was excellent for up and down scrolling on a large page. Sadly they don't seem to be made anymore. They were really fun.

[–] t0ny@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I had one of those. They were pretty fun.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@expressional.social 1 points 2 years ago

@Gork @t0ny

MX mouse from Logitech has this unlocked scrolling feature.