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 <bobs...@googlemail.com> 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" <joncpier...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
