Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Larry Battraw
On 2/12/07, Paul Klapperich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Handspring Visors used to have scrollwheels way back before Palm bought them back up. That was at or before Blackberrys were gaining traction. Handera Palm OS products had them, too, I think. --Paul I believe you're thinking of the Sony P

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Monday 12 February 2007 14:41:42 Paul Klapperich wrote: > On 2/12/07, James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A friend of mine pointed out something today on this. Nokia probably > > would > > have to license the use of a scroll wheel from the blackberry folks. > > They may not be able

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 2/12/07, James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A friend of mine pointed out something today on this. Nokia probably would have to license the use of a scroll wheel from the blackberry folks. They may not be able to do it. Handspring Visors used to have scrollwheels way back before

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Monday 12 February 2007 11:53:25 Ted Zlatanov wrote: > The N800 successor should have a scroll wheel on the side. It would > make 90% of my daily stylus use (while browsing the web and reading > RSS feeds) unnecessary. Unlike the D pad, scrolling should be purely > a mouse button 4/5 operation

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 09:02:43PM +0100, Frantisek Dufka wrote: > Ted Zlatanov wrote: > >scrolling should be purely > >a mouse button 4/5 operation, not "move to the next link OR the next > >page, UNLESS I hold the button down", which is why I don't use the D > >pad for scrolling. It's just too h

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Ted Zlatanov
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:02:43 +0100 Frantisek Dufka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FD> Ted Zlatanov wrote: >> scrolling should be purely >> a mouse button 4/5 operation, not "move to the next link OR the next >> page, UNLESS I hold the button down", which is why I don't use the D >> pad for scrolling.

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Brian Waite
I have found that on the N800 at least, you can scroll by holding the D pad up or down. This little gem has made my browsing totally different. Try it and see. It takes about 1/2 second before scrolling but it works well. Thanks Brian On Monday 12 February 2007 15:02, Frantisek Dufka wrote: > Te

Re: [maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Ted Zlatanov wrote: scrolling should be purely a mouse button 4/5 operation, not "move to the next link OR the next page, UNLESS I hold the button down", which is why I don't use the D pad for scrolling. It's just too hard to go to the next page, which is a very common operation. In that case

[maemo-users] suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Ted Zlatanov
The N800 successor should have a scroll wheel on the side. It would make 90% of my daily stylus use (while browsing the web and reading RSS feeds) unnecessary. Unlike the D pad, scrolling should be purely a mouse button 4/5 operation, not "move to the next link OR the next page, UNLESS I hold the