Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space

Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by anakron on Saturday March 04, 2017 @05:31PM (#13793256)

Relevant xkcd - https://xkcd.com/1806/ And don't forget the alt text!

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by smexy on Saturday March 04, 2017 @05:56PM (#13793355)

Relevant relevant xkcd - http://thomaspark.co/2017/01/relevant-xkcd/

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by iamdave on Saturday March 04, 2017 @07:21PM (#13793812)

Oh that's clever, that's beautifully clever.

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by H4CK3RM4N on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:48PM (#13794154)

The link only works one layer down :(

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by jlgaddis on Saturday March 04, 2017 @07:19PM (#13793803)

Yeah, it's linked -- twice -- right there on the page.

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by tedunangst on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:55PM (#13794181)

Where's the karma in that?

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by powmonk on Sunday March 05, 2017 @07:12AM (#13795659)

Wait, we have karma?

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by Cyphase on Saturday March 04, 2017 @05:36PM (#13793281)

Inspiring* xkcd. :)

I had a feeling someone was going to implement this when I saw xkcd yesterday.

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Re:Two-finger scroll moves through time instead of space by CMay on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:56AM (#13795145)

Well, I know it has been done several times before, but it's not common.

A recent example is that some apps support this using the Surface Dial: https://youtu.be/8BJisE80wAc?t=116

Whether it's mapped to a two-finger slide, a scroll wheel, a dial, etc isn't the important part. The novel-feeling part is that as computers get faster and people improve at engineering performant software we can have the software provide results in realtime to analog inputs which makes people feel connected to the software in exciting ways.

A basic example would be a virtual DJ type app that lets you slide across an on-screen LP to scratch forward/backward. Obviously something more visually or conceptually impressive as seen in games which support time rewinding would be closer to the spirit of the post.

I would certainly like to encourage more developers to make use of scrolling/sliding input in unique ways.

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