Ester? you nailed it! That is egg? zactly! how I was scrolling, in my left
hand then use my right index. Parden my language, but, damn! you're good!
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Shuffling on the IPod Nano 4th G
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
