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The difference is what you’re “pushing”. Are you pushing the scroll bar on the right of the page? Or are you pushing the page? I grew up with the scroll bar, so mouse wheel down makes page move up.
Nowadays, phones don’t even have room to display a scroll bar, so people have gotten the idea to flick upwards. If you’re on a laptop trackpad, that’s probably gonna carry over.
The difference is what you’re “pushing”. Are you pushing the scroll bar on the right of the page? Or are you pushing the page? I grew up with the scroll bar, so mouse wheel down makes page move up.
Nowadays, phones don’t even have room to display a scroll bar, so people have gotten the idea to flick upwards. If you’re on a laptop trackpad, that’s probably gonna carry over.