GScroll Reviewed – worth at least $5
The arrival of GScroll by mobileSrc has been quite exciting. We have seen software use the g-sensor and the light sensor and the navi-wheel and even the stylus sensor, but the large capacitive pad on the front of the HTC Touch Diamond and Pro has sadly gone un-utilized.
MobileSrc has finally broken that dry spell by releasing GScroll. The app makes good use of the area to replace the unreliable scrolling function of the D-pad on the HTC Touch Diamond and Pro, and also has a few more tricks up its sleeve.
The D-pad has 2 sensitive areas on the left and the right of the scroll wheel, and each area can be used to scroll up, down, left and right. Unfortunately one can not perform a long scroll by going fully from the right to the left of the device, crossing two pads. The amount of scroll can also be varied – from a line by line scroll to a full page down or up movement.
The software also allows one to use the g-sensor to scroll by inclining the device while touching the center D-pad. I have not been able to get this to work on the HTC Touch Pro.
A further great feature is launching apps by double tapping the 4 buttons on the navi-pad lightly (without actually depressing it). I ran into a few bugs, and found while this function worked well to launch apps, the file explorer to add shortcuts to launch did not work at all.
In short, GScroll is far from perfect, but do not let the criticism put you off. The application is a diamond in the rough, and brings much needed functionality to your Diamond or Pro and I am sure the bugs will be fixed pronto.
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“The software also allows one to use the g-sensor to scroll by inclining the device while touching the center D-pad. I have not been able to get this to work on the HTC Touch Pro.”
Try fast double tap the center of d-pad
It’s nice, but needs more improvements. For example, if you tilt the phone more the navigation/scroll SHOULD accelerate!
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admin Reply:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Still cant get it to work, but the rest of the features are more than good enough for me.
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Great program, only problem is that it seems to disable the scroll wheel function fo the nav wheel.
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I agree to dan and admin: Great prog with nice features already, but they should fix the problem with the disabled scroll wheel as soon as possible. Anything else can wait.
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Only problem with GScroll, apart from not being consistent when using Tap & Tilt, is that it constantly crashes my Touch Pro. So, I have had to disable the program until
mobileScr provide another fix.
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What a waste of money! – should’ve tried the demo version first…
Almost none of the functions work on properly my Touch Diamond. I’m not using the standard ROM so this might be the reason but still…
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