Do you scroll the wrong way on your laptop now?

[flammenwurfer]

Scrolling on an Android phone makes sense because it's like you're physically sliding the page upwards. However, now that I'm used to doing that, when I get on my laptop and start to scroll with my touchpad, sometimes I find myself scrolling the wrong direction. On a touchpad you drag downwards to go down on the page, or to slide the page upwards. So it's backwards from the motion you would make on your phone.

I just that it was kind of interesting. Am I the only one?

 

[lekky]

You know what, I actually started getting confused about this on my laptop the other day, thought I was going crazy as I couldn't understand why I kept scrolling up instead of down. Now this makes sense!!

 

[flammenwurfer]

Haha, you're not crazy. Or maybe I'm crazy as well.

 

[nateo200]

When doing that as well. Also been using my droid at home allot more.

 

[Eugene]

Or start touching the laptop screen. My netbook had multitouch and it was as annoying as using an iphone so I disabled all the extra features.

 

[SoylentColeslaw]

I use desktops much more often than my laptop, but I still have the same issue using the scroll wheel on my mouse. I am constantly scrolling the wheel up to go down, especially at work when I'm typically using the phone and working at the same time. I've been addicted to that wheel for years, and took my Droid less than a month to completely reprogram me.

 

[BiGMERF]

no, no problems here. but it is funny to think one would

 

[Jonnyflash]

I don't, but I do try to touch icons on my netbook. I never do on my PC, though I'm thinking it's the portability factor that messes with my head.

 

[IOWA]

Haha once or twice I tried touching my netbooks moniter as well.

 

[roekone]

Yeah I touch my laptop screen all the time now. ha! I even touched a television screen at the store the other day to try and start a DVD movie. (Dork)

 

[aloha hailey]

Scrolling on an Android phone makes sense because it's like you're physically sliding the page upwards. However, now that I'm used to doing that, when I get on my laptop and start to scroll with my touchpad, sometimes I find myself scrolling the wrong direction. On a touchpad you drag downwards to go down on the page, or to slide the page upwards. So it's backwards from the motion you would make on your phone.

I just that it was kind of interesting. Am I the only one?

LOL,... no you're not the only one,... and now,.. I don't feel quite as goofy,.. knowing that it's happening to others also. too funny

 

[Kirys]

I do not have an android phone yet, but i use a plugin for firefox called grab and drag that give a behavior similar to the "touch scrolling" of mobile devices, and now I feel uncomfortable when i use a browser that does not support this kind of control.
I't just a matter of usage amount and confort I think.

 

[Rix]

Heh, yeah. I always end up scrolling sideways instead of up/down.

 

[Hellwÿck]

Personally I've never tried to use my laptop screen as a mobile phone whether it's android or otherwise.

I've never tried to touch my laptop screen other than to clean it.

 

[clok1966]

any apps to reverse the scrolling, i work with far to many touchpads to screw up my "scrolling ideas"?

 

[AndroidConservative]

Um, no. I think it is interesting if you do, but I personally do not. And I do not finger my screen. It never crosses my mind.

 

[KlaymenDK]

Nobody *ever* touches my computer monitors ... and lives.

I use the "Grab and Drag" Firefox extension on all my computers; I sometimes forget to use the scroll wheel in other applications (in Okular it starts zooming, ugh!).

I whole-heartedly recommend "Grab and Drag"!

 

[Biggame]

Yep. While I was reading a long thread the other day, I confused myself by scrolling back up the page unknowingly.