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I wouldn't say "every way", but the lack of multi-touch was sometimes an advantage. I loved the swirl-to-zoom gesture on the N900, pinch-to-zoom on multi-touch
by tom_mellior 6y ago
I wouldn't say "every way", but the lack of multi-touch was sometimes an advantage. I loved the swirl-to-zoom gesture on the N900, pinch-to-zoom on multi-touch screens always feels clunky in comparison. If I wanted to zoom in or out on the N900, I just used the thumb that was already hovering over the screen, of the hand holding a phone. Pinching to zoom needs two hands, one to hold the phone, the other to perform the gesture.
- pessimizer 6y agoAmen. I absolutely hate pinch to zoom. Screw to zoom is better, and actually educational. Teaches righty-tighty lefty-loosey. IIRC lack of multitouch was a software problem. The N900 was rife with software problems. If they had just kept the Linux orthodox and left out the binary blobs, they would have been able to go back to the platform after the MS disaster with the OS looking and working 10x better than where they left it.