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Let's Reinvent the Scroll Wheel

https://scrollpods.app/blog/lets-reinvent-the-scroll-wheel
6•tippa123•3d ago

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raldi•1h ago
This post would be improved by adding a sentence explaining what ScrollPods are. I don't mean the technical details that you promise in an upcoming post, but rather anything whatsoever about what it's like to use them.
fusslo•1h ago
my BIGGEST pet peeve.

Tell me what the thing IS! It's shockingly common for READMEs or About pages to already assume the reader knows what the product/project is.

> ScrollPods lets you scroll hands-free on your Mac with your AirPods in a precise, smooth, continuous, dynamic and inconspicuous way.

That's BELOW the viewport of my browser. So to figure out what the product is, I have to scroll. Maybe that's by design?

Honestly one sentence at the beginning explaining that "ScrollPods" is software that lets you use airpods (or compatible headphones) to scroll would be really helpful

netsharc•25m ago
Agree.

Hah, there's a wall of text that starts with the developer's life story (whooo cares), some graphic that didn't explain anything. Read the conclusion and ask myself "did they implement a dictionary app?", and I had to click "Get ScrollPods" and navigate away from the page and guess it's something to do with ears/headphones and scrolling.

The text "lets you use airpods (or compatible headphones) to scroll would be really helpful" is also not very specific, mentioning the gyroscope would make it clear.

kej•58m ago
The main page has a better introduction, but it would still be improved by a video of a person using.

https://scrollpods.app/

JonathanRaines•54m ago
I don't think you mean "Alas, ScrollPods was born". Maybe "And thus,..."?
Sohcahtoa82•36m ago
So what, this uses the gyroscope in AirPods (Why do headphones need a gyroscrope?) to turn head movements into scrolling?

Sounds like a terrible idea. Like...cool. I decided to move my head around to stretch my neck and now I've lost my position on the document I was reading.

I'll keep my scroll wheel.

clickety_clack•35m ago
I love seeing new ways of interacting with computers. Using head tilts to scroll sounds awesome!
jpease•25m ago
I tried using scrolling via macOS built-in assistive technology head tracking.

Voluntarily moving the repetitive motion of scrolling from my hands to my neck felt the opposite of ergonomic.

Curious how this is different.

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