In short, vertical navigation is just another tool in the box. Like other tools, such as hand writing or braille input, some people will use it, others won't, and still others will use it occasionally.
On my fifth gen iPod running iOS 7.x, the first home screen has 4 rows of items that I use the most. I touch an item on the screen. If it is the one I want, I double tap it. If it is not, then the one I want is only a few flicks away up, down, left or right. This also works in apps that I'm familiar with. Oh sure, I could just touch the screen and drag my finger around. Sometimes I do. But, I'm more likely to do that only when I'm moving something to another position. And, vertical navigation works well on both the touch screen and a Bluetooth keyboard. With the onscreen keyboard, I use standard typing rather than touch typing. Usually I use three fingers over the keyboard. Which finger I touch the screen with depends on where the key I want is located. As often as not I touch the key I want. If not, I am on the right row and need only flick left or right once to be on the right key. Sometimes when I'm not on the right row I just move my finger up or down. other times I flick up or down to get on the right row. You could always add vertical navigation to your rotor and try it out. I did just that with both hand writing and braille input. At least vertical navigation will stay in the position within the rotor where you put it. David Justice :) > On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:25 AM, "Dean Martineau" <dlmlao...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Annie’s post reminded me of a question I haven’t deeply explored. What are > some uses to which people put the Vertical Navigation rotor setting? > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
