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One thing that I would love to have on mobile is an adaptive (?) video seeking. So you touch the "video cursor" and then move: the x axis is for seeking, but y
by hawski 8y ago
One thing that I would love to have on mobile is an adaptive (?) video seeking. So you touch the "video cursor" and then move: the x axis is for seeking, but y axis is for sensitivity. Moving a finger along the bar (y = 0) is as things are currently - go to the right edge to seek till the end of the video. However moving it along the top edge of the video (y = 720) would only seek in terms of 5 seconds for example.
The scale between y=0 and y=720 wouldn't have to be linear.
- JeremyBanks 8y agoiOS's default video player controls have done this for eight years: https://lifehacker.com/5811660/how-to-control-the-audio-and-video-scrubbing-speed-on-your-iphone https://lifehacker.com/5811660/how-to-control-the-audio-and-...
- hawski 8y agoThank you! Why such a useful thing was not copied by everyone (especially by YouTube and Netflix) is beyond me. I have to give Apple the credit for those tiny details.
- llao 8y agoProbably patented.
- JeremyBanks 8y agoDisgusting, but probably true. I haven't been able to find an exact match, but this overly-broad-yet-approved patent might encompass it, and the filing date seems to fit: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9069452 https://patents.google.com/patent/US9069452
- donut2d 8y agoIf I'm understanding you correctly, that's how iOS's native video player works.
- callalex 8y agoYou would get this for free if people would stop reinventing the wheel and let the platform handle the video playback interface.