Re:Redditors design worst volume sliders possible
by derefr on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:18PM
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A thought: have you ever seen a knob that actually turns by doing a two-fingered rotation gesture on a trackpad while hovered over it? I think that's the only skeuomorphic knob I'd actually be happy with.
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Re:Redditors design worst volume sliders possible
by cyberferret on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:42PM
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That is another UX quandary. A lot of the problems I mentioned in my OP would go away if everyone used the standard two finger twist gesture on the screen to 'turn' it up or down.
However, if I try and use thumb and forefinger as normal, I cannot get my thumb especially to stay in skin contact with the screen easily - the nail comes into play, losing the double touch on the screen.
Using forefinger and middle finger together works better, but makes twisting past a 180 degree turn very difficult.
By far, the better solution is the car audio control I posted elsewhere in this thread, which uses multiple finger PLUS slide gestures - but that UI can take up the whole screen just to manipulate a single parameter.