Just one idea springs to mind. Have you tried flicking faster and putting different amounts of presure on the screen? Sure, that's not supposed to make a difference; but, in this case, I sort of wonder.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 28, 2012, at 2:54 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, if you're thinking, well, I got an IPhone/IPod, so maybe I can help, > they're close enough, don't assume that in this case. This problem only > seems to be an issue with an IPad. I've never ever ever! had this happen on > an IPod, nor on an IPhone. Beware. > > So here's the deal. I wrote about this a while back, but no one really > commented at all, so I'm gonna try reasking. I have this totally strange > problem where if my IPad is in landscape mode, whether that be the home > button on the left, or right, it doesn't matter, it works totally perfectly, > but if I have it in portrait mode where the home key is at the bottom center, > like normal, whether the rotation is locked, or not, this problem pops up. > Basically, let's say I'm on an adjuster, or maybe a ticker item, etc. You > know how normally to move those, you one finger flick up/down? Well, if I > flick down, to decrament things, or say I'm somewhere and need to move by the > rotor setting, like next heading, next character or word, etc. it works fine. > No problems. If, however, I then go to one finger flick up on the other > hand, Voiceover jumps all over the place! Say I am in a web site in Safari. > I want to move the the prior heading. So I two finger twist, until I get to > headings. That works perfectly. Now, I one finger flick up, It may jump me > 2 or 3 paragraphs up the screen, and land me halfway through the paragraph it > randomly jumps me to. It's almost like it's taking my one finger flick > gesture as me sliding my finger up to a higher point on the screen to move my > focus, rather than it taking it as a flick/swipe, call it whichever you may, > same difference. You say bananas I say banonnas. Again, I've never ever! > had this issue with any of my IPods, nor any of the IPhone's I've had/used. > I've consistently! had this problem with just about every single IPad I've > ever used. It's not a matter that the screen is dirty, as I've made very > very sure it was clean and had no liquid dammage, or the like. In fact, my > IPad is usually in its case, with a screen protector. Even without the > protector or case though, I've had this issue. If I use a bluetooth > keyboard, I neither have the problem with up/down arrow keys. It seems to > only be a touch gesture thing. Without Voiceover running, my mom has been > able with no problem at all to move those sliders up/down, left/right by > sliding them. It only seems to be effective when Voiceover's turned on. I'm > seeing this both in native IPhone apps, as well as in IPad/Universal apps. > When dealing with a native IPhone app, I have the problem both when in full > screen view, as well as when in the small scaled view. I've tested this both > on my IPad which is a 16GB wifi only 3rd gen new IPad, I O S 6, and also have > tried with my mom's IPad, which is a 16GB wifi only 1st Generation I O S > 5.1.1. I've had this issue with both devices almost 99.999 exponent percent > the time. Again, if I'm in landscape mode of any sort, this issue > practically never! occurs. It's only seeming to happen with portrait. I > thought maybe it just didn't like the speed, or position on the screen I was > placing my finger when I did the upward flick, so I tried different places on > the screen, as well as different speeds, and in all cases no matter what, the > down flick worked, almost every single time, but up flicking almost > constantly never works. > > Have yall got any ideas? This is totally! weird! > > Thank you kindly, > > Christopher-Mark Gilland. > Founder of CLG Productions > > Blog: > http://www.clgproductions.org > > Podcast: > http://clgproductions.podhoster.com > > E-mail: > [email protected] > > IMessage/Facetime: > [email protected] > > Windows Live Messenger: > [email protected] > > Twitter: > @chris28210 > > Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/christopher.gilland > > Skype: > twinklesfriend2007 > > Send me a fax from any standard fax machine: > 704-697-2069 > > Google Voice: (Please use sparingly): > 980-272-8570 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
