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When incrementing a calculator value, it jumps in steps of 0.01. When the value is large enough however, it doesn't have the precision to go to the next 0.01 step; it can only go to the next 0.25 for example. So if you tap up to increment, nothing happens. You can keep tapping up and still nothing will happen.
It's at a value, it tries to increment, cannot so it stays the same value... then the next time you increment it's trying from the same value, so it fails and stays the same again. Ad infinitum.
We have to hold up for a while, which over time increases the size of the step while you hold it. So eventually it gets to a big enough step it can bridge the gap to the next allowed value. But then you have very little control. When you're at 2million it's hard to get to the next integer up even though that's storable in the value... because you have to hold up until the step is big enough, and then let go super fast so it stops at the next integer.
I understand the underlying reasons for this; that's not what this post is about. And yes, we could use L1+square to directly type in the number I want. But in some cases you want to be able to dial it in easily to find the right value by tapping up and down easily--rather than typing every change in number each time.
It would be great if it could increment to the next allowable value that it can actually handle with the precision. So if the next step up can only be 0.25, tapping up will increase by 0.25. (All of this applies to decrementing too, of course.)
This would make it a whole lot easier to work with really big numbers for us maths-brains out there :D