For me it wasn't that the slide doesn't stay in place (that much is expected), but that if you deviate from the path it immediately slips back to the beginning.

For me it wasn't that the slide doesn't stay in place (that much is expected), but that if you deviate from the path it immediately slips back to the beginning. That's a bit anti-pattern w.r.t. typical slides that either have a forgiveness zone around the element or update to the point on the slide nearest to the gesture point.