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Post by andenacitelli »

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.

Reminds me of when I jailbroke an old iPhone and the only thing I really actually used the jailbreak for was making a long press on the volume buttons a previous / next song button. I actually really miss it.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by geor9e »

enderfusion wrote: post #51
geor9e wrote: post #46

There's plenty of wireless standalone scroll knobs out there if this sounds like your cup of tea https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Wireless-Control-Pod-Customizat...

That looks way better for PC, didn't know that existed.

Yeah, there are some neat PC input devices outside of keyboard and mouse. Since I do a lot of 3D work I use a 6 axis knob in my left hand while I drag my mouse with my right https://www.amazon.com/3Dconnexion-3DX-700059-Spacemouse-Com...

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by Lorin »

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?

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by kqr »

yaky wrote: post #39
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.

Some old (pre-smart, pre-camera, chunky ones with small B&W LCD screens) cell phones had a side scrollwheel that was used for menu navigation. I think it was clickable too. The only more modern take on that that I know of was Marshall's "audiophile" Android phone [0] from 2015, which had a side scrollwheel for volume, but not sure if it was used for navigation. 0: https://m.gsmarena.com/marshalls_new_smartphone_is_ev…

Hm, I remember portable MP3 players with those. The wheel broke fairly easily. Maybe they used cheap wheels in those, and there are higher end wheels.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

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Post by user_7832 »

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?

> I always wondered if one could repurpose side-mounted fingerprint sensors (ex. Samsung Galaxy Fold) as a swipe-to-scroll mechanism.

Given how fp sensors are capacitive, this should totally be doable. Several phones (including my pixel 5) allow using rear fp sensors for opening/closing the notification shade.

> "chiral scroll"

Aah.. I miss that on my framework laptop. I had it on my old HP ProBook in the Synaptics settings. Chiral and (1 finger) edge scrolling were amazing. I'd suggest using ZMK/QMK and a touchpad from mouser if anyone wants to DIY one today.

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