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Post by Loughla »

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #77
bagels wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A loud audible ratchet mechanism. Just to add to the annoyance.

A ratchet that physically prevents reversing, but still have the firmware support reverse scrolling. I love the idea of a digital product that if broken in just the right way behaves as expected given intuition from the physical world.

Oh God that's delicious. I just love the idea of physical limitations to software options. So often it's the other way around. I can physically see the path or even map a solution but the software doesn't help.

This is the opposite of that.

I love that entirely.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

Loughla wrote: post #111
teaearlgraycold wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A ratchet that physically prevents reversing, but still have the firmware support reverse scrolling. I love the idea of a digital product that if broken in just the right way behaves as expected given intuition from the physical world.

Oh God that's delicious. I just love the idea of physical limitations to software options. So often it's the other way around. I can physically see the path or even map a solution but the software doesn't help. This is the opposite of that. I love that entirely.

There’s a lot to do with the general idea. I’ve enjoyed thinking about a garage door opener that uses 4G to open your garage door from anywhere in the world. Technically correct but worse than before!

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by carterschonwald »

I actually have a working prototype or two plus some cad for making a clicky scroll wheel using those chunky cnc Dials, is there a market for that? (The haptics of a cnc dial make it really nice for jumping around really long documents )

Edit: I’ve got usb c and usb a versions, I mean stuff like https://images.app.goo.gl/7t7SCs945yyxinsM8 when I say dial. Still messing around with what sorts of enclosure etc for the overall device

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by nhwangus »

Max-q wrote: post #30
enderfusion wrote: post #22

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The whole thing cost me a few hundred bucks to put together.

Is it legal to sell a device with radio in the US without FCC certification? In the EU it's illegal to sell without external certification if the product is a medical device, is made for children or contains a radio. Certification will typically cost you $5,000-$15,000 depending on which lab you use.

EE here - he technically has to comply with FCC Part B since he's selling in the US. That said, the hobbyist keyboard community has been pulling this for a while for small group orders without issues. Pre-certified modules are helpful, but stuff gets weird when it's on a board, so no guarantees. The fact that it's on a single layer board doesn't instill confidence since that typically means less than ideal return paths that can cause problems.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by pests »

marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

I love the dial on apple watches for this reason.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by throwup238 »

enderfusion wrote: post #26
enderfusion wrote: post #9

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I looked at my site analytics and realized this is where it was coming from :-o I should turn on international shipment, but Stripe doesn't support auto calculate rates. CNC machined from aluminum. USB C. I did test it with powerpoint just now, works!

International turned on

>> I'm glad you don't ship outside of the US 'cause I would be insanely tempted to buy this completely superfluous gadget.

> International turned on

Best HN troll ever :-)

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by nilsherzig »

Lorin wrote: post #57
marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

I always wondered if one could repurpose side-mounted fingerprint sensors (ex. Samsung Galaxy Fold) as a swipe-to-scroll mechanism. There also used to be some lovely touchpad tech called "chiral scroll", which allowed for iPod-like scrolling. No idea where that went, patent hell?

An old phone if mine (not sure, but I think from OnePlus) supported gestures in the fingerprint sensor (back mounted in this case)
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