You may have always wanted to quickly scroll through a long page (let it be even the or list of records or a long Web page).
So far, this has been impossible. Sure, there have been some shortcuts in some apps. For example, by tapping the upper bar in Safari to quickly scroll up to the beginning of the page or you could use scriptlets like my “quickly scroll down to the bottom of the page” (see
THIS). Alternatively, some record/list-based apps (like Cydia or Skype) offer a way to quickly scroll using the scrollbar on the right:
However, there hasn’t been any universal way of doing this working together with all programs (and even SpringBoard - that is, your launcher screen). So far, that is - with an excellent third-party app called QuickScroll, however, this has become a reality! (Note that it’s Cydia-based; that is, you must jailbreak your phone to access it.). It works great on both my 3.0.1 iPhone 3G and 3.0 iPhone 3G S.
Fire up Cydia and search for “Quickscroll”. Select it:
and, then, install. After a SpringBoard reload, quickly tap the screen three times in a row. A new dialog will come up, showing the current viewport (the current screen contents) and the entire area where you can scroll to. When you do scroll (by tapping, holding and, then, dragging the green area), in the background, the contents of the actual page scroll too. That is, you’ll always see what you’ve scrolled to. An example showing this on the SpringBoard:
And two examples showing quickly scrolling a Web page inside the Oceanus Web browser:
As soon as you’ve reached the point you wanted to scroll to, just tap “Close” at the bottom of the dialog.
Note that, should you want in order to avoid starting an app by tapping its icon if you want to quickly scroll over the SpringBoard pages, I recommend going to the SpotLight (search) page first. Then, if there is nothing you’ve recently searched for, there is plenty of empty screen area to triple-tap on:
Finally, should you want to remove the utility, do it from Cydia.
