I, too, use the knob twisting method, and I have excellent success with the rotor. Thanks for these excellent alternative methods, Cristobal.
Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2012, at 12:09 PM, "Cristobal" <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't say I've had nearly the trouble expressed by others on this list > with this gesture. > I often use a nob twisting motion with my thumb and index or middle finger > or simply plant my index finger somewhere on the screen and use my middle > finger to swipe somewhere else on the screen and generate the rotor action > that way. I'll also just plant my index finger and place my middle finger on > another part of the screen and rotate my wrist to cycle through the various > options in a faster manner. That or just plant both fingers separated on the > screen and rotate the phone while leaving my fingers locked in position. It > all depends on how I'm positioned in relation to the phone. Sitting, > stretched out on the couch, reclined in bed etc. > > I think I probably have more difficulty with the four finger tap for getting > to the top or bottom of the screen. That's more a function of my big mits > and the narrowness of the iPhone though I imagine. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kimber Gardner > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture > > The roter seems to be my biggest problem with VO whether on the phone or the > MacAir. I have never been able to get it to behave consistently. Given > John's suggestion, I came up with a method that appears to be working for > me. Rather than using two fingers on the same hand, I use both index fingers > and move them in opposite directions. It's based on John's idea but requires > both hands and so may not be suitable for everyone. > > K > > On 5/31/12, Rob Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'll try it, I tried previous suggestion making sure the app knew it >> was in >> >> control, but for sure using the wider rotor might have mileage. >> >> Ok, tried it; I ocnclude both elements need to be done for >> consistency. The >> >> first touch of the typing screen doesn't produce a dot, it just >> ensures the >> >> app is focussed. >> >> RobH@Home. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:52 PM >> Subject: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture >> >> >> Hi, >> I have watched many people having inconsistent results using the rotor >> and I myself have not had the silly thing act the same way from >> session to session. Now maybe it's something with the callouses on my >> abused fingers but for whatever reason, I have not found rotoring to >> be to my liking, until today! >> >> I was wondering first of all how much spacing between the fingers was >> possible and apparently the answer is, a lot. >> >> What I have found most useful now, and this does work on any of the >> phone's edges so that portrait or landscape modes shouldn't affect >> this methid, is to use two fingers near the edges of the screen. >> Pretend the phone has a set of railroad tracks on it and that each of >> your fingers represents a traing going in the opposite direction. >> As long as both fingers move, the gesture seems to be picked up >> consistently. >> >> I just tried this way of changing rotor settings with a person who >> swore that rotoring was never going to be a useful gesture because of >> the frustration it seems to bring to many novice IOS/VO users and the >> result was that all of the rotor's settings changed correctly on the >> first and every try. >> >> So maybe some folks want to give this method a try and hopefully the >> results will be as rewarding as they have been here so far. >> Now I may have to try that pinching gesture folks talk about next. >> >> Jon >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> 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/viphone?hl=en. >> > > > -- > Kimberly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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