Hi Chris,
I don't do a lot of rating on the fly using the iPod and scroll wheel,
so this isn't a big item for me. When I use rating, I usually do this
holding the Nano in my right hand, resting on my fingers, while I use
my thumb to scroll from the 3 o'clock position to the 6 o'clock
position. I don't get any jumps when I do that.
The 4G Nano scroll wheel action is a lot more fine-grained than the 1G
or 2G Nano wheels, and I'm more likely to overscroll when I pick my
finger up if I hold it in my left hand and use the index finger of my
right hand (for scrubbing or on longer menus). That may be because
the front and back of the 4G Nano is curved.
Scrolling action is really the only thing I'd like to change (back to
the 2G) on the 4G Nano, especially for scrubbing through audiobook
tracks. I even like the audio quality on the 4G Nano (for music)
better than the 2G's, although this is idiosyncratic. I'd be curious
to hear Jacob's impressions, though.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 5, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Chris Gilland wrote:
Ester, when rating things on the IPod itself, have you found that
the wheel when selecting the amount a stars is so pathetically
sinsitive that you get it say three stars, but then you remove your
finger from the wheel, and it jumps back say from 3 stars, say back
to one? It's extremely annoying.
Chris.
Second click of center of wheel:
If you don't hear a rating for the song, you can use the scroll
wheel to rate the track (0 to 5 stars; moving clockwise increases
rating, counterclockwise lowers it.)
Some of this (and other features) was covered in the original core
dump report of what was accessible on the iPod Nano 4G.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. You can also check out the 4G Nano User's Guide if you haven't
already picked it up:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_4th_gen_UserGuide.pdf
