pippin;377371 Wrote: > Now wait a moment, that's a different issue and it only applies to the > iPeng plugin before version 0.5. > > However, it's actually ONE of the reasons for the problems in 1.0.4. > > asymtot, you say it can't be the iPod because the iPod's iPod > application (this naming convention is confusing...) doesn't show this > problem. > Well... that's not completely true. iPhone OS does have a standard > control called UISlider that displays a nice slider which iPeng uses. > It behaves completely different from the one iPod uses. I'm pretty sure > Apple's iPod application uses something else. > One of the diferences in behavior is, that UISlider will immediately > move to any position on the slider bar where you touch it. Just like > iPeng pre-0.5. In the beta test it came out that this is not acceptable > and actually most iPhone apps don't behave like this. > So iPeng captures only an area around the "knob" and you have to drag > that one. It's not just the knob itself, it's a much bigger area but it > captures there. > Step in issue #2: The sensitivity of the iPhone screen close to the > borders is limited, you can see this with other apps and other controls > as well. This seems to be a software issue, actually, the problem seems > to be that the screen is actually MORE sensitive close to the edges and > the software compensates for that. This means, some touches close to the > border are sometimes simply ignored, if iPhone decides they are > accidental. > Now step in iPeng: Due to it's layout, on iPeng the volume slider is > actually CLOSER to the edge of the screen than with most other apps. > > The result is what you see. In my experience it helps to make sure you > don't touch the screen with the fingers of the hand that holds the > device (even outside the visible area) and especially not to rest a > finger at the bottom of the device. > > I'm looking for solutions, but since "increase capture area" and "move > up detection chain to improve sensitivity" are pretty much through, my > current favorite is to swap the volume slider with the > "Power/Skip/Play" buttons, those are bigger and a missed hit may not > hurt as much. > > Opinions?
Would it be possible to use the physical volume controls on the side of the ipod? -- asymtot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ asymtot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22368 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
