It functions logically...! You can't change it. Your way would mess with a lot of heads

 

It works the same as a track ball. You have to think of it that way. A backward track ball would be mental.

 

the trackball logic is internal(!) in that it functions logically within it's own terms, and is not linked to the external logic of the touchscreen. The same is true vice versa.

 

The Google Nexus 1 has a track ball.

The Desire optical device is perfectly logical. It controls a cursor caret or highlighted object. If you move your finger left or right, the caret or cursor goes in the same direction. If you are browsing the Web or a list of objects, the highlight skips from one to another in the direction of the finger. If that causes the page to scroll, then of course the page will have to go in the opposite direction.

The optical mouse is not equivalent to your finger dragging the screen, and it's not designed to be.

Ian

 

I'm with you on this...
logical or not : I'ld like to know how to change it, please?