I noticed on the first two that the on the initial setup wizards, where you swipe from right to left to advance to the next screen, that it takes a real big swipe to make the action happen (like it feels like you really need to put some effort onto the glass to make it happen - not like the silkiness of the actual homescreen UI).
Then I just bought a 64GB model, and am setting it up right now, and on this one the setup wizard "swiping" is buttery smooth. Also noticed that this one has the raised power button. Wondering if there's differences here in the hardware age/initial version of software that's preloaded (prior to os update) that could account for the difference.
I swear... that first time on the first units that I did the software setup it felt like I was stuck, but all it needed was a better swipe.
Sounds kind of crazy... what did you all experience with that setup swiping?
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. The initial out of the box isn't that friendly if you do a light swipe and nothing happens... this new 64gb i just got feels much more polished somehow on the initial experience.. even though, by appearances, it looks exactly the same. lol. Maybe I'm just going crazy.
I wonder if different parts of the screen are more sensitive than others. When I went through the set up, swiping right to left was really easy/effortless.
But when I'm in the multi-task view and I want to swipe up to close an app, sometimes I have to do it twice..
Not sure.. I'm reminded when I had the Palm Pre last summer. All the swiping was smoother overall on the Palm than the Playbook. But I've only been on the PB for an hour. We'll see...
I've found the screen to be quite sensitive and responsive throughout the entire UI. The setup process didn't really give a good example of a "swipe", but anyone with any prior touchscreen knowledge should be able to figure it out. But even then it was very sensitive, and continued to be that way throughout, even in Tetris. Several times I've tried to tap to flip a piece and the slightest downward motion sends the piece flying down in a way I never wanted it to go. Took some cursing and some getting used to.
it was easy enough to swipe; the only problem was that i looked away at the wrong time and missed that i had to swipe on a specific part of the screen. That one took me a few seconds.
I noticed the swipe up to close an app was slower in the demo yesterday. Maybe swipe slower? Can't try this till I get mine when I get home tonight.
I noticed that too. Seemed to be less of a "flick the app away" motion and more of a "push the app up" motion. I wonder if accidental closing was a problem.
My 64Gb is requireing heavy swipes on the setup but since it is the first Playbook I've held I cant comment on if the power button is raised or not. Seem fairly flush but not so much that I can't easily turn it on or off.
First swipe was difficult, I suspect because it's not clear which way to swipe, and if it should be a full swipe or an edge swipe. So, I tried in all directions and all over the place, and finally figured it out. They should display an arrow onscreen to make that first swipe a no-brainer.
My 64G was a little sticky on swiping during setup but soon smoothed out. Wondering if there might be a light residue on the screens that prevent good contact at first. Maybe we have to train our screen while it trains us!
I noticed on the first two that the on the initial setup wizards, where you swipe from right to left to advance to the next screen, that it takes a real big swipe to make the action happen (like it feels like you really need to put some effort onto the glass to make it happen - not like the silkiness of the actual homescreen UI).
Then I just bought a 64GB model, and am setting it up right now, and on this one the setup wizard "swiping" is buttery smooth. Also noticed that this one has the raised power button. Wondering if there's differences here in the hardware age/initial version of software that's preloaded (prior to os update) that could account for the difference.
I swear... that first time on the first units that I did the software setup it felt like I was stuck, but all it needed was a better swipe.
Sounds kind of crazy... what did you all experience with that setup swiping?
