Two Finger Scroll

[Hokiefyd]

I just found this and thought I'd share. If you have an older laptop that doesn't support the two-finger scrolling gesture out of the box, this little applet may indeed work for you. If you have a Synaptics trackpad...as most laptops do...

https://github.com/awahlig/two-finger-scroll

It works a treat on my 2006-era Compaq laptop with Windows 7.

 

[Lyman]

I use a wireless mouse with a scroll wheel. Much easier than anything else.

 

[Eddie]

+1. Wireless + wheel

 

[bunnspecial]

Thanks. I'll have to install this for the rare occasion when I still use my old Toshiba laptop.

Going on 5 years now as an OS X user, trackpad gestures have become so ingrained in my workflow that I have a difficult time not having them. In fact, I use a bluetooth external trackpad(Magic Trackpad) on my work desktop in addition to the mouse(Apple Magic Mouse) purely for gestures. The Magic Mouse supports some of the gestures of a trackpad, but not all of them.