I don't believe we're trying to re-invent the wheel with the keyboard navigation mode. It was more of an Easter egg. The first time a user reaches the site they have to choose between the 2 navigation modes before exploring the listings.
But we heard you and we're working on dropping that step and making scroll-wheel the default behavior.
Regarding the iPhone version, stats show that less than 3% of the users use their mobile to visit the site so we decided to focus for now on adding other platforms for now (Android, Blackberry, Palm). Switching to scroll-wheel mode by default will make the site more compatible with mobile browsers too.
Thanks a bunch for your feedback.
I don't believe we're trying to re-invent the wheel with the keyboard navigation mode. It was more of an Easter egg. The first time a user reaches the site they have to choose between the 2 navigation modes before exploring the listings.
But we heard you and we're working on dropping that step and making scroll-wheel the default behavior.
Regarding the iPhone version, stats show that less than 3% of the users use their mobile to visit the site so we decided to focus for now on adding other platforms for now (Android, Blackberry, Palm). Switching to scroll-wheel mode by default will make the site more compatible with mobile browsers too.
Don't hesitate to contact me: @opeyre