Ever since...well way back anyway. OS 7.55 I think it was, Scrolling
and similar activities in windows has been compromised.

For example, there is a latency, a time delay, in trying to move
selected items in a window. Click to select, drag to a folder that
might be up top out of sight. Wait for the folder to appear at the top
of the window. Finger off the mouse. A new folder above the desired one
will then sometimes pop into view and the files will drop into the
wrong folder. Grrrr.

I keep hoping Apple will eventually fix the jerkiness (pun intended)
but no such luck. Seems the OS is always a little ahead of the
processors in its demand for speed. (I'm using fast machines. G4
Powerbook 1.5 GHz and G5 dual 2 GHz both with plenty of RAM).

Scrolling itself is fast. Sometimes too fast. But dragging is not fast
enough. What I'm complaining about was there in OS 10.42 and it just
got worse in 10.43. Here's what I mean.

I use Show-as-List. Imagine I have a window open and there are many
items in that window. I mean, say i have some folders near the top of
the listing and many files under them. I might select some files and
want to move them to one of the folders, no longer visible because it
is up near the top.

If I proceed to select a set of files, the OS is almost too fast in
scrolling, making me accidentally select more files than I intended. OK
fix that and now I have selected just the files I want. Finger off the
mouse to end the drag-to-select then back on again so I can drag the
group up to the folder I want.

What's this though? I might wait minutes (or forever!) before scrolling
starts. Sometimes the OS is simply not in the mood to let me drag the
files up beyond the top of the window in order to scroll to and reach
the desired folder. I am forced to let go the mouse button, choose
"View-as-Icon" and fool around in unfamiliar teritory, moving the files
nearer to the desired folder.

This is a #$%^ing annoying bug in the OS that I wish Apple would
resolve. Is anyone from Apple reading?

I thought not.

Oh and while I'm in grump mode...Up to OS 9, it was possible to
selectively select non-contiguous files using a simple technique that
is missing in OS x.

Imagine I am again in the same window. Suppose there are some duplicate
files so my list looks like this

filename-555.jpg
filename-556.jpg
filename-556€02.jpg
filename-557.jpg
filename-557€02.jpg
filename-558.jpg
filename-558€02.jpg
filename-559.jpg
filename-559€02.jpg
filename-560.jpg
filename-561.jpg

It used to be possible to select (preparatory to deletion) only the
duplicate files by dragging in such a way that the drag-rectangle
captured only the longer filenames. Not any more. Another thing that
pisses me off.

Can I make it three-in-a-row? Why oh why won't the command-F New Search
window remember my last configuration? I don't often want to search for
content. Mostly, i want to search for "Name contains". I have to
re-make that selection every time. A waste of a few milliseconds and
the dissipation of another milligram of my Apple goodwill.

Just because OSX is better than OS 9 in almost every respect is not a
good enough reason to sit quiet while some small and irritating things
prevent it from being even better. But...does Apple care enough to
include an email address for contact on their web site? Fat chance.

Just like Adobe, Nikon and a few others, Apple's customer support in
this regard stinks.