Patent attributes
The present invention is directed towards a method and a device for varying the scrolling speed provided for a set of items. The device comprises a first user input unit for allowing a scrolling action selection by the user, a second user input unit for allowing a scrolling speed variation selection, and a control unit, which provides a set of items of information that can be scrolled by a user (step 32), detects a scrolling action selection by a user via the first user input unit (step 34), detects a scrolling speed variation selection via the second user input unit (step 38), and changes the scrolling speed in dependence of the selections made by the user, (steps 42, 44). In this way varied scrolling speeds that can be fully controlled by a user in a simple manner are provided.
