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A mouse? That's one of those archaic precursors to multitouch trackpads, right?

by seiji 13y ago

oneweekwonder 13y ago
People might not enjoy your 'joke', but you do have a very good point. When I looked at it the first time, the mouse problem didn't came up. I used my two fingers and like in the authors mind I just swiped to the left and the timeline moved as expected. After reading the comments, and seeing the 'mouse problem' I could see it in my minds eye how it 'breaks'. But seeing your comment I realised the web site only breaks for 'older' input devices. I believe the website would work just as nicely on any multi touch cellphone, and it would make sense to scroll from left to right.
- mildtrepidation 13y ago
  I wouldn't call it a very good point. I'd call it, based in no small part on your response, a bias towards people who use MacBooks. It's unfortunate to see this attitude towards the very large segment of the internet-using population that are using "older" input devices (which are still much more practical for many use cases).
  - seiji 13y ago
    a bias towards people who use MacBooks. and iPhones and iPads and android phones and kindle tablets and .... Web traffic for some (most?) sites is already tipping over the half-mobile-usage direction (where "mobile" means "doesn't have a built in full-sized keyboard").
    - mimiflynn 13y ago
      Exactly, its not just MacBooks. I used a Lenovo recently that has multitouch and scrolls wonderfully with two fingers. At work, I use a multitouch trackpad instead of a mouse.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    If you actually look at the mousewheel JS events generated by goddamn Macbook trackpads, they're painfully evil. I have yet to find a really solid library for handling them, and my own attempts are hackish to the point where I'm considering splitting it into a special "Macbook trackpad" case. On the browser.
ojii 13y ago
Enjoy playing games or using anything else than requires precision and speed on your fancy multitouch trackpad. Also the scrollwheel on my mouse happily scrolled the page to the right when I pushed it to the right.

A mouse? That's one of those archaic precursors to multitouch trackpads, right?

by seiji 13y ago

A mouse? That's one of those archaic precursors to multitouch trackpads, right?

People might not enjoy your 'joke', but you do have a very good point. When I looked at it the first time, the mouse problem didn't came up. I used my two fingers and like in the authors mind I just swiped to the left and the timeline moved as expected. After reading the comments, and seeing the 'mouse problem' I could see it in my minds eye how it 'breaks'. But seeing your comment I realised the web site only breaks for 'older' input devices. I believe the website would work just as nicely on any multi touch cellphone, and it would make sense to scroll from left to right.

mildtrepidation 13y ago
I wouldn't call it a very good point. I'd call it, based in no small part on your response, a bias towards people who use MacBooks. It's unfortunate to see this attitude towards the very large segment of the internet-using population that are using "older" input devices (which are still much more practical for many use cases).
- seiji 13y ago
  a bias towards people who use MacBooks. and iPhones and iPads and android phones and kindle tablets and .... Web traffic for some (most?) sites is already tipping over the half-mobile-usage direction (where "mobile" means "doesn't have a built in full-sized keyboard").
  - mimiflynn 13y ago
    Exactly, its not just MacBooks. I used a Lenovo recently that has multitouch and scrolls wonderfully with two fingers. At work, I use a multitouch trackpad instead of a mouse.
- saraid216 13y ago
  If you actually look at the mousewheel JS events generated by goddamn Macbook trackpads, they're painfully evil. I have yet to find a really solid library for handling them, and my own attempts are hackish to the point where I'm considering splitting it into a special "Macbook trackpad" case. On the browser.

ojii 13y ago

Enjoy playing games or using anything else than requires precision and speed on your fancy multitouch trackpad. Also the scrollwheel on my mouse happily scrolled the page to the right when I pushed it to the right.