[Ti] MacBooks - why the lack of a built in scroll ball?

[Ardeshir Mehta]

On 16-Jan-06, at 2:34 PM, John Griffin wrote:

>> On 16-Jan-06, at 1:04 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately my TiBook (bought in July 2003) can't do it. In  
>>> fact till recently I didn't even know it was possible!
>>>
>>> Can I retrofit my TiBook to do it?Try iScroll2. I believe it is  
>>> free (donorware). Give it a try, it should work. If you like it,  
>>> donate.
>
> The author says: “iScroll2 is a modified trackpad driver that adds  
> two-finger scrolling capabilities to supported pre-2005 PowerBooks  
> and iBooks on OS X 10.3. Supported models include aluminum  
> PowerBooks introduced from 2003 to 2004 as well as all G4 iBooks"
>
> and he also says:
>
> “Version 0.25e seems to work just fine under 10.4.1 - at least it  
> does for me, and for quite a few people that have sent feedback so  
> far”
>
> Whether or not it works under 10.4.4, I couldn’t tell you.
>
> http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/iscroll2/ 
> iScroll2-0.25/iScroll2-0.25e.pkg.zip

Thanks a million, John! I shall try it.