Almost gave up on ATV remote and then...

[Bobby dazzler]

None of us in my household could get on with the black ATV remote.
It’s utterly useless, but then I found a solution which works for most of us fairly successfully...

I now tap the remote with my thumb instead of sliding across the surface.

Navigation is much more controlled now

Still slide to go back 10seconds though!

 

[Juicy Box]

The tap works in some situations, as it simulates a D-pad. But it is still not a D-pad.

I wish if you tap the edge and kept your thumb there, it would keep scrolling in that direction, as if you were pressing a direction on a real remote.

I have many, many photos, and using my thumb to swipe to scroll takes way too long and it always ends up going past the point I wanted to stop anyways.