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Agreed. The tablet-like features that got added into the recent versions of OS X are something I don't particularly care for. If I'm on a desktop/laptop, I want a desktop-like experience. If I'm on a mobile device, the paradigm is sufficiently different that it justifies having a different OS.

Good example: the default scroll direction got changed in OS X to operate like a touch device. Hated it with a passion. First thing I changed back.

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Some people like moving the scroll bar (which seems to be your preference). Other people like moving the document (which is my preference).

There's no right or wrong choice here. The current default logically makes sense -- your cursor is located at a document, and when you're moving your fingers upward, the document also moves upward.

But like any changed default, there are people who liked the previous setting. And there are of course people who want to use (or have to use) other OSes where this setting can't easily be changed. Those people can change the OS X setting at will.

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