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Idea #22275: Allow users to use both side scroll and two finger scroll

Written by taofd the 4 Nov 09 at 08:12. Related project: Gnome. Status: New
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Personally, I use both side scroll and two finger scroll. I use side scroll for long scrolls or when I need to scroll quickly (imprecise scrolling). I use two finger scroll generally when reading long articles that I actually have to pay attention to (precise scrolling).

In Karmic 9.10, the default scroll functionality is set to NO SCROLL and must be enabled via the touchpad options menu. Even then, the two features are now separated and it not possible to enable both. As a user who has grown use the "feature" of using both, I am frustrated at this feature regression.

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Solution #1: hybrid option that allows both & protect against feature regression
Written by taofd the 4 Nov 09 at 08:12.
My proposal is two fold:

1) Add a third option that allows a user to use both side scroll AND two finger scroll.

2) Prevent future examples of feature regression. When confronted with a similar situation in which features are to be separated, always include the default current option (what is used at the time of this decision). I understand rationale that this was a "feature bug", but the fact is- users may have grown used to this functionality and the bug is now a legitimate feature within itself.

EDIT:

3) Implement all relevant solutions below this one that are similar to point 1 (like circular scrolling), that do not explicitly contradict any of the forementioned solutions.

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taofd wrote on the 4 Nov 09 at 18:55
didn't know there was such a thing as circular scrolling :D, lol too bad we can't merge solutions together

bryonak wrote on the 5 Nov 09 at 22:41
This idea is a duplicate of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21653/

But I agree wholeheartedly ;)
Funny thing the other idea also has circular scrolling as the second option...

taofd wrote on the 6 Nov 09 at 01:51
bryonak, thx for pointing it out!

I guess the only point now is the feature regression protection (which is important as well). If the OS community is the continue to develop high quality products at an accelerated rate, we need to put in protections against feature regression.


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