Side-scrolling via mouse scroll wheels
Now that the wheel mouse has become an established input device (coupled with track-pad scrolling) and has been sanctioned by Apple, it makes sense to start making further use of that input method.
In the context of iPhoto. it would be extremely useful to be able to scroll the side-scrolling film/album strip that appears when double-clicking an image, or when viewing in full-screen mode.
This would allow me to focus the cursor over that region (the album strip) and quickly scrub along the list with the default scroll wheel (or the scroll nipple on the Mighty Mouse, or other alternative scrolling devices, like the PowerMate, ShuttlePro etc.)
NB: There is a precedent for this behaviour, QuickTime supports side-scrolling via the scroll wheel, when focussed over the time line.
This functionality could also be applied to sliders throughout the interface, esp. the Adjustments palette, to allow more precise movement, while reducing the requirement for fine motor movement.
Scroll wheels are generally notched, such that each increment of the scroll action can be mapped to an incremental adjustment, allowing very fine control, while also offering the possibility to accelerate the input (scale the increments), when the wheel is spun faster.
All pretty basic stuff, but subtly powerful.
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(Anonymous)
2006-02-05 22:59
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In addition to the sliders you mention, I'd like to see the mouse wheel work when hovering over zoom widgets such as that in Pages. The targets are small enough and the changes noticeable enough that accidental triggering isn't too likely.
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 marcn
2006-02-07 21:34
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Yeah, that would be useful too, anything to reduce excessive mousing around, without getting too much in the way.
Along similar lines, it's interesting that Camino have just started supporting (wheel) scrolling with the Control key to change text size, while holding down Option navigates through the history.(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) |
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