Re: [Gzz] Ouch-- yes, cursor keys + wheel is a problem

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:10:16PM +0200, Asko Soukka wrote:
> Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> > > ouch, you're right. In the Wheel view, using the up/down keys for 
> > > rotation works when you're looking on the right side, navigating the 
> > > structure poswards, but it falls on its knees when navigating negwards. 
> > > The up/down keys suddenly feel like having the reverse meaning of before.
> > 
> > How about clockwise / counterclockwise -keys? With 3D joystick, the rudder
> > (i.e. rotating the stick along the stick's axis).
> 
> "Clockwise / couterclockwise -keys" would be only renaming the current up 
> / down -keys ;)

But the point is that they should not be vertical; more natural would be 
right = clockwise, left = counterclockwise.

For instance, the keys '[' and ']'.

> Bulding 3D joystick from legos will be challanging. 

And also unnecessary, since 3D joysticks exist cheaply. We have one, don't we?

> But building a 
> simple wheel controller using mouse's wheel port (as I and Tuukka 
> proposed) would be easy. When the controller also looks like wheel, 
> using it should be intuitive.

And if the wheel would be placed horizontally, like a platter... mmm..

> Of course we can't have own controller for every feature :/

Why not? We don't want to have that many features, do we? ;)

        Tuomas