The Secret Behind the iPod Scroll Wheel

Grump sent in a story saying "Ask any iPod user what they like the most about their device, and most will probably mention the scrollwheel. Here is the story behind the company that makes it (hint: it's not Apple). Great not just for the history, but insight as to both how Apple's design process works, and how the scroll wheel itself works."

Comments

Re:Still, though...

[ggy]

invite@lapdog.se - Yes please, altough I was going to wait for the official launch. :)

Scroll skips over the first item

[MagPulse]

When scrolling with my third-generation iPod, it won't move for a good distance, and then suddenly it scrolls by two, and then normally to the third and fourth items. Anyone else have this problem?

Re:Next week on Slashdot

[bracher]

See, you think you're joking. But years ago, supervising computer labs in college, I actually ran into a woman who _insisted_ that it wasn't working, but _she_ hadn't broken it. Turns out she hadn't turned it on...... Commence explanation of how the mac in front of her is a lot like the stereo in her dorm room, it requires electricity to work... :-/