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> There's a #%&! finger covering up the screen now! At which point I use the abductor pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, etc. to do something quite amazing: I
by revscat 12y ago
> There's a #%&! finger covering up the screen now!
At which point I use the abductor pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, etc. to do something quite amazing: I move my thumb out of the way. Alternatively, I can use the same muscles to scroll the screen to a point such that I can see any obstructed content.
The benefit of this method is that I maintain my original viewing angle. I also have finer motor skills in my thumb than in my wrist, and thus I suspect I have greater control.
(FYI: Might want to tone it down a bit. You sound like an astroturfer.)
- jds375 12y agoIt's not about your finger being in the way necessarily, it's about usability. Supppose I'm eating lunch. It would be nice to read an article with my phone in one hand and hold my sandwhich in the other. Or if I'm lying in bed just reading. It would be great to not have to keep scrolling the phone with my other hand. I'd rather my phone just do it for me.
- npizzolato 12y agoCan you not do all of that with one hand already? Reading while eating is actually harder if you need to tilt the device rather than swipe your finger. You could always place the phone on the table and just use your finger, or move the phone while you eat to keep it in your view without any of the tilting being interpreted as other things by the phone.
- vlunkr 12y agoOr hold it with one hand and scroll with your thumb. Either way, not a compelling argument, you still need to use your hand.
- Glide 12y agoStill seems gimmicky because I can easy flick and scroll on my phone using one hand. If that's the main thing the Amazon Fire has to offer I'm really not impressed.
- king_jester 12y agoI've never heard of evidence that auto scrolling behavior is actually better UX as a general design decision for scrollable content. In fact, I've heard the opposite: when users can't control the scroll of content or scrolling is difficult to achieve, they give up more easily on their task.