Mac mouse pointer issues

[phexac]

One of the most annoying things I find on a Mac is the way mouse works. Whenever the moues pointer is near a button, it slows down from however fast it would normally be moving. This creates uneven movement which is annoying to deal with. It also means the pointer is not moving fast enough when it's near a button. The reason I select specific speed setting for my mouse pointer is because I want it moving THAT fast. Why on earth, would I want it to slow down?

Is there a way to turn this "feature" off? I use logitech MX610 wireless mouse/keyboard set, but Logitech does not have mac mouse drivers... Is there anything besides the bare-bone menu in System Preferences to control mouse settings?

 

[aphex]

I don't believe ive ever seen my mouse do that on any of the Mac's i've owned.

 

[phexac]

Ok, I did some more playing around and have realized that I have misread the problem. It does not slow down near buttons, it's just that pointer acceleration works in such a way that if you stop the mouse, as you often do around small buttons, and then move it around slowly, it moves REALLY slow. In Windows, you can change mouse acceleration and speed separately. In Mac you cannot, so since there is some hidden relationship between speed and acceleration that user cannot control, when you move mouse slowly and steadily trying to get the pointer to align with a button, it moves REALLY slowly. I guess the only way to fix this is to find some sort of mouse driver that would override Apple default settings.

So I guess my question is, is there anything like that out there?

 

[TheStu]

USB Overdrive I think does this. I have never used it, I like OS X mousing better than Windows, it feels like a more direct correlation between what I am doing and what I am seeing, but to each their own.