Officially, it is called flick by Apple in most instances. Flick and swipe are the same gesture.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 25/05/2013, at 10:10, Mickey Quenzer <mickey.quen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > Are you saying swipe but you really mean flick or is there really a swipe > gesture and a flick gesture? > > On May 24, 2013, at 5:44 AM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > >> Hello all. Here's an update on my swiping issue with the iPad mini. After >> talking to a few other people off list about it, and someone specific on >> Twitter I learned that if your swipes are small, they will not always >> register as a swipe. So, ever since then I've been making longer swipes and >> they are now seen as what I mean them to be by the iPad and my issues are >> gone. What I was doing a lot of the time was making maybe a 1 inch left or >> right gesture swipe, but apparently in order to make it more reliable it >> needs to be a bit longer. I suppose, bigger screen, means bigger swipes >> although it shouldn't be that way. I don't know if other iPad users on list >> can confirm or deny this, but at least for me, the issue is fixed. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Finally heading to the comic book store. My cardiovascular system is pumping >> with joy. =) - Sheldon Cooper >> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >> >> On 5/22/2013 7:24 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>> Hi all. I've been playing more and more with the iPad mini this week and >>> have come across some strange issues which I'm hoping are not cause for >>> worry. This has to do with swiping. Many times if I want to see what is >>> all on the screen I will just touch the various parts of the screen, >>> just like I do on the iPhone. However I sometimes like to left/right >>> swipe and this isn't seeming to be consistent on the iPad. So, I'm >>> wondering if this is normal due to the different layouts, or if I might >>> have a problem with mine. What happens for example if I'm toward the top >>> of the screen and I swipe right over and over I would expect to go >>> across the installed app icons to the right until the next line is >>> reached, however many times when I swipe, I find that the selection has >>> moved elsewhere. Either toward the middle of the screen, or even >>> sometimes in the dock. The same is true if I'm inside an app like >>> settings. I will select a category, like General on the left, and then >>> touch the right side of the screen, then swipe right over and over, yet >>> the information isn't read consistently like I think it should when you >>> swipe right. I figured that maybe it's me who was messing up the swipe >>> and maybe was swiping diagonal since it's a larger screen. However I've >>> tested this by swiping left to right across the keyboard dots from the >>> speed dots protector I've installed. And if the iPad has been in >>> landscape mode, I've swiped left to right across the bottom of the >>> screen. I have no problems swiping on the iPhone, and so I don't think >>> I'm accidentally touching part of the screen before my swipe. I've been >>> careful not to do that when testing this. >>> >>> Ideas are welcome, and if there is something I don't know about the iPad >>> navigation, that too, will be helpful. I don't know if this has to do >>> with containers, or some other form of navigation, but so far it's >>> proving to be a bit more tedious than with the iPhone. >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> I love strawberry Quik. 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