HAIRCUTS! Exactly. It seems that 1.2 scrolls faster, but not at all satisfactory. What I want is to be able to search for haircut so I can tell if I will need one before or after an upcoming trip -- I know, ask your GF ;=)
At 09:43 PM 9/30/2009, you wrote: > > >OK, I've complained here, and will no doubt complain again, about how slowly >the Pre scrolls from day to day in the calendar. I'm used to the >Treo/Centro/Blackberry, all of which can scroll from day to day as fast as >you can press the D-ring or scroll the trackball! > >The Pre is glacial by comparison. Scroll . . . wait . . . scroll . . . wait >. . . etc. Makes it VERY difficult to scroll around to a day or week to try >to zero in on a day to schedule something. As when, for instance I have to >scroll out "about 5 weeks" to schedule my next haircut. Yes, I can use the >incredibly klunky Go to Date screen. That's almost worse. Who designs >these things? What need/want to do is just flick through the days as fast >as I can flick my finger, and the Pre won't do it. > >HOWEVER, in the week or month views (which I've never used on any mobile >platform), one can scroll quickly, and sort of approximate the >search-and-find-a-day action that I'm used to on the older, but in this way >superior platforms. In the week view, one can scroll a week at a time >sideways and at least see free/busy time. In the month view, things scroll >vertically, so you can smoothly scroll through partial months. > >In the case of my example, I can go to the calendar, switch to month view, >flick down a bit to 5 weeks from now, click on the Monday of that week, and >then start the glacially slow process of examining the days. At least I'm >starting in about the right place now! > >I still hope Palm will make scrolling from day to day instantaneous. I'm >sure THEY know it's painful the way it is now. I can only assume there is >some issue with the merged calendar view (which I don't use, actually, since >"a man with more than one calendar has none") needing to dynamically build >each day one at a time. > >Palm should read this forum. In fact, given the proactiveness of The New >Palm, I have a hard time believing they don't have someone who reads it. >Craig has said they don't, though, and he knows things. . . > >I love this device - it's so cool, still, even after almost 4 months!!! > >FWIW, > >Don > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
