On 25 September 2010 18:44, David Gowers (kampu) <00a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ralph Versteegen <teeem...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 25 September 2010 16:56, David Gowers (kampu) <00a...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Ralph Versteegen <teeem...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Ah! Good point. But that also argues against holding down space to
>>>> scroll, doesn't it?
>>>
>>> Yes, I don't like the idea of holding down space to scroll; rather
>>> just press it to toggle continuous scrolling (4 steps/second?), and
>>> use cursor keys to adjust scroll direction (not inertially, just to
>>> choose from the 8 possible scroll directions)
>>
>> So you're actually talking about the key repeat rate.
> insofar as there should be no key repeat at all in this context, yes.
> I actually meant semi-automatic scrolling, you just adjust the
> direction and stop/start it as need be.

Oh, that is what I meant by inertial scrolling. I don't see why you
would want it - normally you would be scrolling < 10 pixels, carefully
lining up to the right pixel. Is there some kind of UI design
philosophy at play here?
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