iPod scrolling

Jeff told me:
A long time ago (in Internet terms - it may have been months) you were bemoaning the fact that iPods were less than convenient as spoken-book readers because it was not easy (or simple) to fast-forward or rewind an audio file.

Of course you know about selecting the fwd or rwd option, then scrolling -but- did you know that you simply have to hold down the left-arrow button to rewind or the right-arrow button to fast forward. (Not press-and-release... hold down.)

Amazing I'd never thought to try that, when I knew it worked on the remote control.
Like on the remote it's not perfect, because it accelerates too fast, but it's better than scrolling. (Especially on the iPod classic. For some reason the scroll wheel is not very sensitive, so it's hard to know when it reacts.)