Comments on: Two Finger Scrolling Rocks http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/ Living in a state of accord. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: UI Tip: Be Physical & Real « Hack’d - Great Stuff for Web Hackers http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-83501 UI Tip: Be Physical & Real « Hack’d - Great Stuff for Web Hackers Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:56:01 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-83501 [...] to Pages, to iTunes, many of them incorporate real life, realistic graphics, not to mention a great tactile [...] [...] to Pages, to iTunes, many of them incorporate real life, realistic graphics, not to mention a great tactile [...]

]]> By: Hen http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-81324 Hen Thu, 24 May 2007 07:49:16 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-81324 Ditto on loving the two finger scroll. I use a Powerbook at work and a Macbook at home, I get quite confused sitting at work wondering why my windows aren't scrolling. I've even found myself trying to use it on the Windows laptop. It's a great example of a small effect that has huge value. Ditto on loving the two finger scroll. I use a Powerbook at work and a Macbook at home, I get quite confused sitting at work wondering why my windows aren’t scrolling. I’ve even found myself trying to use it on the Windows laptop. It’s a great example of a small effect that has huge value.

]]> By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-81043 Adrian Sutton Wed, 23 May 2007 05:30:04 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-81043 heh. Yeah Humbug, that's that thing I haven't been to since I got engaged. :) heh. Yeah Humbug, that’s that thing I haven’t been to since I got engaged. :)

]]> By: Stephen Thorne http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-81041 Stephen Thorne Wed, 23 May 2007 05:26:23 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-81041 Next time you're at humbug I'll have to bring it along to show you how it works :p I'm really not against 2 finger scrolling, I love it. Just angsty over the fingerworks thing. Next time you’re at humbug I’ll have to bring it along to show you how it works :p

I’m really not against 2 finger scrolling, I love it. Just angsty over the fingerworks thing.

]]> By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-80991 Adrian Sutton Wed, 23 May 2007 01:12:48 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-80991 See told you they'd complain. :P Stephen, It's always disappointing when good technology gets dumped but making "left-field" keyboards isn't Apple's line of business so they were never going to continue along that line and assuming fingerworks had patents Apple didn't really have a lot of choice but to buy them so they could confidently use the technology (licensing would have put them at risk of having the licensing costs suddenly upped in the future which is worth avoiding if possible). All that said, I don't see how that reduces the benefits of two finger scroll. Was there some other aspect of it that you didn't like? Personally, I can't see me using 3 and 4 fingers on a track pad or keyboard, it just starts to feel awkward. See told you they’d complain. :P

Stephen,
It’s always disappointing when good technology gets dumped but making “left-field” keyboards isn’t Apple’s line of business so they were never going to continue along that line and assuming fingerworks had patents Apple didn’t really have a lot of choice but to buy them so they could confidently use the technology (licensing would have put them at risk of having the licensing costs suddenly upped in the future which is worth avoiding if possible).

All that said, I don’t see how that reduces the benefits of two finger scroll. Was there some other aspect of it that you didn’t like? Personally, I can’t see me using 3 and 4 fingers on a track pad or keyboard, it just starts to feel awkward.

]]> By: Stephen Thorne http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-80987 Stephen Thorne Wed, 23 May 2007 00:52:17 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-80987 I hate the two finger scroll. Apple bought http://fingerworks.com/ for the technology, the engineers and all their patents, then shut their operation. The Touchstream LP is one of the most innovative keyboards in existance and they now go for over $1000 on ebsy because they're simply not made anymore - and haven't been since fingerworks was consumed back in '05. For reference: 1 finger keypress, 2 finger mouse, 3 finger click+drag, 4 finger scroll. I hate the two finger scroll.

Apple bought http://fingerworks.com/ for the technology, the engineers and all their patents, then shut their operation. The Touchstream LP is one of the most innovative keyboards in existance and they now go for over $1000 on ebsy because they’re simply not made anymore – and haven’t been since fingerworks was consumed back in ‘05.

For reference: 1 finger keypress, 2 finger mouse, 3 finger click+drag, 4 finger scroll.

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/comment-page-1/#comment-80865 Patrick Mueller Tue, 22 May 2007 14:07:22 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/05/22/two-finger-scrolling-rocks/#comment-80865 Love the two finger scroll. Just turned my wife and kids onto it with our new home MacBook. I always get frustrated when I crack open the iBook for something, and I have to 'manually' scroll - to me, this is one of those things it will be hard to live without in the future; there's no going back. Love the two finger scroll. Just turned my wife and kids onto it with our new home MacBook. I always get frustrated when I crack open the iBook for something, and I have to ‘manually’ scroll – to me, this is one of those things it will be hard to live without in the future; there’s no going back.

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