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" <joncpier...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
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
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