Thanks for that, Tom; maybe that will work better for me; I do have some nerve damage, and it seems a little awkward and difficult to do with one hand, especially while holding the phone.
You are all such a great wealth of information and wonderful explanation; thanks for this wonderful list. Darla -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Lange Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Rotor, a possible replacement gesture Hi, John's idea is a good one which I discovered quite by accident some time ago and have been using that method ever since, as it gives me consistent results each and every time. I usually use my phone in portrait mode and have locked it in portrait mode as I prefer it that way, even for typing. I place my phone on a stable surface, then, depending on which way I want to turn the rotor, I'll place my index fingers on the left and right side of the phone and move each vertically in opposite directions at the same time. If I want the rotor to turn clockwise, I'll move the index finger on my left hand upward while moving the index finger on my right hand downward. For counterclockwise, I'll move my left index downward while moving my right index upward. Simple as that; works like a champ. Tom Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:52 AM 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. -- 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.
