It seems that the trackpad only moves vertically and horizontally, at least for me. There doesn't seem to be any diagonal movement. This is most apparent when selecting text or playing first person shooters. Is this a limitation of the trackpad?
I don't think it was ever meant to move diagonally.. no trackpad I know moves diagonally..(BB etc)
You sure are observant...
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be think the trackpad would get confused if it tracked diagonally. people would complain that there phone isn't scrolling correctly or is selecting the wrong link xD
The trackpad on my 9700 bold scrolls diagonally in the web browser and games, it doesn't in a text box or the app menu. Does yours just not scroll diagonally at all?
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The trackpad on my 9700 bold scrolls diagonally in the web browser and games, it doesn't in a text box or the app menu. Does yours just not scroll diagonally at all?
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It does not scroll diagonally at all. I first noticed it when selecting text in the browser as it only moves side to side and up and down. Same goes for games
Huh. I never noticed that on my BB. Always thought it never scrolls diagonally.
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In general I have found using the cube on my MDCA3 has worked fairly well. It can be a bit slow under normal clock speed but if run at 252mhz it works fine.
However I have found that scrolling in other applications (HTC Audio manager and File Explorer) to be a hit and miss. Often it does not scroll at all and makes the sound when it has reached the end of a scroll though it hasn't. Also often it will scroll in the right direction initially then when you do a second drag it scrolls in the opposite direction.
What are your general views on how well scrolling works and is there anyway to improve it.
It is a bit annoying as the finger scrolling on my wifes Touch is very good.
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I agree - i find that when you initially use an app, it's very good, then it seems to go downhill from there.
Like in messaging, up/down scrolling is good for a bit, then starts to reverse or select messages instead of scrolling, or sweeping thumb up/down does nothing but actually opens the message your thumb last touched.
One other thing, which i find really annoying - the touchflo cube seems to want a stylus/nail to press the huge icons, and dont really respond to thumb presses.
Anyone tried playing around with the touchflo registry keys? I set the finger pressure to around 600, which seems to make it more sensitive. Anyone got their own good set of values?
Does anyone know how to get the thing the Droid X uses to get pick the spot you specifically want to be at when you text/type?
what????
you need to explain a little further. i am not a droid x guy, obviously but there is nothing any phone can do to predictt where you really meant to type aside from just the text prediction within the keyboard app itself.
whats wrong cant you type?
I keep telling my phone that I specifically want to be on a beach in Hawaii when I Type, but sure as hell, when I look up from my phone, I am still in Chicago.....
Not sure I fully know what you mean. If I need to add text to a message, I just tap the screen where I want to add the text. If I am a little off, I just use the arrow keys to get the cursor where I want it. If you are using Swype, Slide your finger from the swype key to the symbol key to bring up the arrows.
Are you talking about how to specifically go to a place between the text in a message? Sort of like the iPhone does when you long press on where you're typing and this magnification circle comes up? Haha this is pretty hard to explain.
wickettaker said:
Are you talking about how to specifically go to a place between the text in a message? Sort of like the iPhone does when you long press on where you're typing and this magnification circle comes up? Haha this is pretty hard to explain.
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Sorry about the delay guys... But that ^^^ is what I'm looking for! Dolphin HD does it... HTC browser does it, but the place I want it the most (text messages) doesn't! Anyone know any options? All I know is the droid x has this red thing that makes arrow keys and trackballs pointless, and I want that feature on my EVO!
Just tap the spot on the screen where you want to cursor to go. Or, swype from the top left key with the swype symbol, down past shift all way to the SYM key. The menu with the arrows will appear.
Doesn't htc input have the arrow keys, that's why its there
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Sorry about the delay guys... But that ^^^ is what I'm looking for! Dolphin HD does it... HTC browser does it, but the place I want it the most (text messages) doesn't! Anyone know any options? All I know is the droid x has this red thing that makes arrow keys and trackballs pointless, and I want that feature on my EVO!
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I do have to agree on this. Cursor arrows on keyboards are a joke most of the time. The one that swype has is nice, but if i had the magnifying glass like on Dolphin Browser I would never need the cursors. The cursors on the original HTC keyboard are a joke.
+1 I would love to see this on the EVO.
How is it when editing text/mistakes without a mouse?
I know, not really a mouse. But a trackball, optical sensor, whatever.
Got my defy yesterday and already sent quite a number of texts, since it comes with swype you really dont make that many mistakes, however it -does- have a text browsing feature similar to iphone but without the magnifying glass
I text and do most things on my defy using my thumbs, and considering this the text editing thingy is very accurate- especially when comparing to my old resistive LG screen
Mine has a magnifying "glass".
Just checked again, and wow how did i miss that
After one press on the text box it doesnt show, but after the second it has a quite large rectangular magnifying glass feature that pops up and very easy to use
Thanks guys. Wondered how that worked.
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Coming from a BB 9700 i was a bit worried about the mouse but after two days I got used to it. And thanks for the double tap magnifying glass tip.
Through even more texting, I have discovered that you do -not- need to double tap to get magnifying glass but rather do a swipey motion through the text.. quite hard to explain but if you hold your finger still it pulls a menu, and move too slow it highlights the word instead of moving the cursor.
You probably get the idea and its very easy to get used to
After the update I'm having trouble with browser scrolling. If I flick the browser vertically, it will also scroll side ways ever so slightly. Is there a way to restore the normal behavior? It use to be that if you flick vertically your page with scroll straight up and down, but now unless you get a perfectly vertical flick, it'll move in the exact direct your finger did, rather than guessing you were trying to scroll vertically.
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After the update I'm having trouble with browser scrolling. If I flick the browser vertically, it will also scroll side ways ever so slightly. is there a way to restore the normal behavior? It use to be that if you flick vertically your page with scroll straight up and down.
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I've been reading around... Apparently scrolling wallpaper was removed due to Apple 'patents'. Could this be another casualty of war?
apologies if this has already been asked. I remember earlier android handsets that had little track balls just beneath the screen with which you could move a little mouse cursor when surfing the internet to give you better control over highlighting etc. they've since gone our of vogue but it was a feature that came in handy from time to time. with that in mind. I'm surprised that the xperia play doesn't have an option to use the dual touch pads for browsing when in landscape: we know from Sony that the entire middle area is touch sensitive so theoretically it could be used similar to a mouse touch pad on a laptop, or the left pad could move a cursor and the right could scroll around the web page, or ideally you could toggle between both. given the pre existing trackball/cursor code in android would it be feasible to use them in this way?
I wanted this for so long but seems like no one cares a fuc*. Also one option to be added, pinch to zoom for zooming.
I always thought the little 'cleavage' area between the man nipples was a mini touchpad. That would be perfect for up and down scrolling
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