Re: Zoom Patch

["Phillip Neiswanger" <sigsegv0 gmail com>]

On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:00:34 -0600, Michael Ross  
<michael e ross gmail com> wrote:

> Sameer,
>
> That is interesting information below.  It is how Google Maps zooms and I
> always wonder why the heck they do it that way.  I have been using CAD
> programs since scroll wheels appeared and they all map the zoom in  
> reverse
> of this.  Frankly, I think the CAD mapping is more psychologically  
> ergonomic
> - When you roll the wheel towards yourself you are "pulling the image
> closer" and the roll up motion is "flicking the image away."  I haven't  
> been
> able to train my mind to another analogous way of thinking for Google  
> Maps.
> I haven't come up with an analogous way of thinking that seems better.  I
> have tried to think of rolling up as diving into the screen, but after  
> more
> than ten years of mouse controlled zooming I have it ingrained that I am
> stationary and I am manipulating the world inside the monitor.
>
> I would like to offer that just because Gnome says do it this way that it
> should not be locked down to that function.  I would very much prefer a
> buggy version in this respect.

An option to reverse the zooming effect whether you are using scroll wheel  
or plain mouse movements could be added so users can configure this to  
their liking.
--
phil