New wishlist item: Side-mounted touch strip sensor

Tue Jun 19 21:36:57 CEST 2007

On 6/19/07, danimanns at gmx.de <danimanns at gmx.de> wrote:
> Ortwin Regel wrote:
>> -snip-
> > I could also see some applications for a Blackberry style wheel, for
> > example volume control and scrolling. I don't think using a futuristic
> > sensor would be a good idea because we already have an analog device
> > without feedback which is the touchscreen.
> What is the problem with that? I would love a touch pad. So why adding
> some ugly
> analog buttons to a mobile, known for not having any buttons (nearly)?
> A touch pad would give me more power for controlling the speed of
> scrolling as well...
>> Daniel
> >
> > Ortwin
> >
>If it works as well as you describe, I wouldn't be against it. I
thought the touchscreen would provide that functionality well enough
but it sounds like it might provide interesting added functionality
that a wheel could not provide, either.
On 6/19/07, Joe Pfeiffer <jjpfeifferjr at comcast.net> wrote:
> Thomas Gstädtner writes:
> >Yes, a kind of double rocker-push-button (is there a correct english word?
> >^^) would be fine, too.
> >Not two buttons, but one button with 2 contacts (one on each side) and a
> >neutral position in mid.
> >Here's a picture I found via google, to imagine what I mean:
> >http://awshifting.com/pictures/rocker1.jpg
>> Normally, these multi-button interfaces have a single cover, conveying
> the illusion that they're a rocker switch (perfectly good english
> word!). If the plastic doesn't have a pivot under it, pushing the
> middle will activate both buttons giving the effect of a middle
> button.
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>I'd prefer independent buttons which would have the same functionality
but be more useful for gaming.
Ortwin