I wonder I someone else agree that back button in IE is annoying or this is problem with me Consider following situation.
Case A:
Unlock phone -> Menu -> Games -> Some game
I have to do something else and want to stop game so I use back button:
Some game -> Games -> Menu. It is clear and looks logic.
Case B:
Unlock phone -> Menu -> IE -> page 1 -> page 2 -> page 3 etc.
Now I want to do something else but on page 3 there is something interesting so I would like to read later. So I use back button, but now it
page 3 -> page 2 -> page 1 -> Menu
After while I want to continue reading, but when I start IE I have got only page 1 (because IE is so fantastic so remember page when suspended)
I know I can use windows button to call top menu, but when I accidently push back button later over top menu I got IE again. For me this is crazy because over top menu I got something else, so my top menu is no a top menu.
Is there a trick to set some page (in my case called page 3) so I can use back button and after another try to start IE begin from page 3?
I think you're trying to do this right :
You're on page 3
Save page 3 for later and go back to page 1
Finish browsing page 1
Return to page 3?
I don't think that that's directly possible. But, you can bookmark page 3 go back as many times, use other apps then return to page 3 and delete the bookmark.
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The BACK button is definitely annoying when it comes to the browser, as there is no dedicated link or button in the browser for going back.
I would recommend a third party skin for IE mobile...like Browser Plus or Surf Cube ... both of which have back buttons...or a method of going back.
I am sure the UI for Internet Explorer on WP7 will be fixed in an upcoming update though...
When you are on page 3 open a new tab and then use the back button.
Now you get out of IE and when you go back you only have to change the tab and you're on page 3 again
If you swipe to either side under your favorites menu, you can access your browsing history and select the page you want there.
Start Button
When you're on page3 press start button (windows logo), this "ends" ie and let's you start a new app. After all open ie and you'll see...
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does anyone know a way or utility that can make me use the navigation button to scroll down an entire page at a time (in a long email for instance) instead of jumping from link to link?
With Internet Explorer Mobile, as long as you don't have a link highlighted (box around it), you can press the SPACE key to flip to the next page.
If you have a link highlighted, pressing SPACE will open the link. Pretty stupid, considering the ENTER and OK buttons do the same.
If you don't want a link highlighted and want to use the SPACE to go to the next page, tap on a section of the page that doesn't have a link. The highlight will go away and you can continue page-scrolling.
Hi All and Merry Yuletide greetings!
I have a HTC dual on Orange, owned for 3 days, having been an owner of a SE P990i previously.
The phone is very good, but I would like some help from more experienced users as to a couple of questions / points:
1) If you are using the Navigational Control / Enter and are more than one level down in a sub menu, I keep looking for a 'Back' key to bring you back one sub menu and then again etc until you go back to the main screen. I cant seem to achieve this unless I tap the top right hand side of the screen. (The cross)
2) I have several e-mail accounts set up, but they are not part of Outlook E-mail. They are just separate accounts which I have on virgin, Uk2, bt etc. On the P990i it was possible to with just one click, send / receive all e-mail accounts. I cant seem to acheive this with the dual. I have to go separately into each account and hot send/receive. I am aware that I can set it up to automatically check every so many minutes / hours, but I would prefer to be able to check all accounts by pressing one button. On the orange phone, they have the option of 'Checking Orange E-mail' on the home screen. This is what I would like, but 'Check all e-mail accounts'.
The phone is generally very good. A little top heavy if you are using it lying down and using the navigation control!
Paul
im not sure about the 2nd question, but doesnt the red phone down button bring you back to the main screen?
Thanks for your answer............
This is correct. However, getting back to the main screen is the not the objective, simply to move back one level.
For example:
If I go to Start/settings/today and I want to get back to the settings page I have to hit the top right hand side of the screen, the OK button.
It would be easier if there was a 'back button' or where you could assign a button to take on the job of you having to click the OK button at the top right of the screen.
Paul
oh i see. sorry i dont know the answer, i only got my dual recently ive not had much time to play.
well, i face the same problem as well... there is no "back" button...
re your q1.
well, there is no "back" concept in situations like your example of "Start > settings > today". it's windows mobile. you can imagine it as the desktop windows. you call control panel from start menu, then choose one item to customize. now you have multiple "windows" on your desktop. so, to uncover the back one, you need to click the "ok" (or "X") on top-right corner to close the topmost window.
is there a way to make point UI like the default of everything. When i press the red button on my touch, it goes backto WM desktop. IF i want to use this as a normal "skin" then it needs to go back to the homescreen when presing the red button, and only going back to normal WM desktop when i manually do it???... Also how do you stop programs w/in pointui home. it just says currently running, and how do you stop those progs?
Perhaps you should ask this on the PointUI forums?
ambush276 said:
is there a way to make point UI like the default of everything. When i press the red button on my touch, it goes backto WM desktop. IF i want to use this as a normal "skin" then it needs to go back to the homescreen when presing the red button, and only going back to normal WM desktop when i manually do it???... Also how do you stop programs w/in pointui home. it just says currently running, and how do you stop those progs?
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Use third party X-Button,Task Manager or Resco to close program when you back to WM desktop. You can close programs with 1.01b but still quite a bit steps. It does not fall back to Home screen is still no get around yet. Same if you lock the device but if you press the power button, it will unlock. This UI has not worked all bugs out yet.
ambush276 said:
is there a way to make point UI like the default of everything. When i press the red button on my touch, it goes backto WM desktop. IF i want to use this as a normal "skin" then it needs to go back to the homescreen when presing the red button, and only going back to normal WM desktop when i manually do it???... Also how do you stop programs w/in pointui home. it just says currently running, and how do you stop those progs?
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Tap on the arrow on the lower screen of PointUI Home
-> Currently Running
-> Select your desired application
-> The program opens with the PointUI titlebar
-> Tap on the name of the application
-> Force Close
Then youre on your Desktop again. Tap on the title "Desktop" and select "Home" again.
Yes, quite a lot steps, but I'm already used to it
Greetings and have a nice day
Searched but didn't find anything on these two Opera questions:
1. In Opera on my TouchPro, there is a button to close the current tab (just to the right of the location field at the top of the window). On the HD2, I have to go to the tab menu to close a tab. What happened to the close tab button? I found it much more convenient...
2. The "big scroll bar" (I don't know what it's actually called, but the large button that pops up in certain applications to allow you to easily grab and drag the scroll bar with your finger) doesn't pop up in Opera. So if I'm at the end of a very long web page, I have to swipe 20 times to get back to the top since I can't "grab" the scroll bar with my finger. Is this how it works for everyone?
Thanks for any help you can offer!
I would like to know that, too.
The first one, I think, is a change from Opera 9.5 to 9.7.
A scrollbar would be nice!
Another annoying bug in Opera is whenever there is a Drop-down menu on a webpage with over 20+ options to select from there is no way to scroll within the drop-down menu.
To give an e.g. visit fring.com and from Download click the drop-down menu for Country or Brand... there is no way to scroll down or up. The entire page starts scrolling but specifically the menu portion doesn't.
This works very well on IE6.
iphoneresister said:
Searched but didn't find anything on these two Opera questions:
1. In Opera on my TouchPro, there is a button to close the current tab (just to the right of the location field at the top of the window). On the HD2, I have to go to the tab menu to close a tab. What happened to the close tab button? I found it much more convenient...
2. The "big scroll bar" (I don't know what it's actually called, but the large button that pops up in certain applications to allow you to easily grab and drag the scroll bar with your finger) doesn't pop up in Opera. So if I'm at the end of a very long web page, I have to swipe 20 times to get back to the top since I can't "grab" the scroll bar with my finger. Is this how it works for everyone?
Thanks for any help you can offer!
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1. if you click on the tab button (middle button), you get the option to close the tab.
2. scrolling works very fast for me
i want to know the solution for question 2 too! it is very annoying to swipe many times to the bottom!
mouki_9 said:
1. if you click on the tab button (middle button), you get the option to close the tab.
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Yes, but that's two taps - what I miss is the "close tab" button that was right there in the browser window.
casekiller said:
i want to know the solution for question 2 too! it is very annoying to swipe many times to the bottom!
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Apparently this is not a high-priority issue for xda'ers... no love so far...
Is the big pop-out scroll button HTCScroll or is it part of WM6.5? Wondering if there is a registry tweak to enable it for certain applications.
having just checked through the opera preferences editor there's no options for either of these, shame....
mouki_9 said:
1. if you click on the tab button (middle button), you get the option to close the tab.
2. scrolling works very fast for me
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Worlds most helpful post! lol
Jibreil said:
Another annoying bug in Opera is whenever there is a Drop-down menu on a webpage with over 20+ options to select from there is no way to scroll within the drop-down menu.
To give an e.g. visit fring.com and from Download click the drop-down menu for Country or Brand... there is no way to scroll down or up. The entire page starts scrolling but specifically the menu portion doesn't.
This works very well on IE6.
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Zoom the area where the scroll bar is in the drop down menu.
Just single tap and hold over the scroll bar for 2-3 seconds. Don't take your hand away. Slide your finger now and it will scroll the menu instead of the opera window as a whole.
Don't scream at me!
I have searched, but I can't seem to find this anywhere?
On my HTC Desire, when I have the default browser open and press menu and choose more, the top item is Home
On the SGS, under default browser settings, I have set my Home Page no problem, but when I choose menu and more, there is no "Home" option on the list?
As far as i can see, you press Menu button (while in browser) then New Window but it keeps the old window open as well so you need to close that with the 'Windows' button (in Menu)
I've only had mine a few days so there may be a quicker way but that does work
Thanks for that stickfinger
I had been doing the same and assumed I was missing something really obvious, but it appears not??