Im starting to like the new wave of "finger friendly" applications. Applications that you can work with your finger rather than using the stylus, as much as it pains me to say this but iPhone like.
One such application is the HTC photo album application which gives a grid view of the images inside the folder.
Im wondering if theres a file system version where by i can browse folders, do simple tasks such as copy paste open delete etc all being able to use my finger, i phone style rather than using the stylus
Thanks for any info
nino
newest Resco File Explorer is great
it does have touch scrolling embedded but not finger friendly :/
I think if you turn resco to icon view and remove some of the tool bars its nearly there, it would be cool if it loaded thumbnails of files but i think i might be asking for too much
kidnamedAlbert said:
it does have touch scrolling embedded but not finger friendly :/
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resco 7 is excellent explorer, but i also have problems with finger scrolling (v7.02). instead of scrolling it selects files. because of this you must use hardkeys or stylus. maybe they will fix this, as this is relatively young application.
You could always use Total Commander, and set it to icon view. I've also made the scroll bars wider, so I don't ever really need the stylus. There's a few things I won't pay for, and it a file explorer .
I'm a big user of Opera mini; given the lack of buttons on the Raphael, I'm concerned it is not well-suited for one-handed use. I'm currently using a Treo 700wx and use the exposed keyboard's numeric keys to scroll (2/4/6/8) and #5 to zoom in and out. The whole navigation is extremely fast and smooth. What is the experience like on the Raphael?
Why not just use opera mobile (it's preinstalled)?
smooth zoom, using the touch wheel.
scroll with thumb on screen, or press direction arrows on touch wheel.
trinode said:
Why not just use opera mobile (it's preinstalled)?
smooth zoom, using the touch wheel.
scroll with thumb on screen, or press direction arrows on touch wheel.
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and you can rotate the screen with the accelerometer, no need to pull out the keyboard!
citivolus said:
I'm a big user of Opera mini; given the lack of buttons on the Raphael, I'm concerned it is not well-suited for one-handed use. I'm currently using a Treo 700wx and use the exposed keyboard's numeric keys to scroll (2/4/6/8) and #5 to zoom in and out. The whole navigation is extremely fast and smooth. What is the experience like on the Raphael?
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Opera mini works perfectly on raphael.
Some webs are very heavy and are surfed much quickly with opera mini.....
What if you're laying in bed on your side reading the phone? Can you turn off the automatic flip thing, because in that position it would always be wrong
I tend to use opera mini when i'm out and about as it uses data compression, hence reducing loading times and the amount of data downloaded. However, i have found that even with the text size set to maximum, the font is still very small and soemtimes difficult to read. It can also be difficult to select items unless you use the stylus.
does the scroll wheel to zoom work in opera mini? otherwise i think it will be impossible to surf one handed due to the lack of buttons.
citivolus said:
does the scroll wheel to zoom work in opera mini? otherwise i think it will be impossible to surf one handed due to the lack of buttons.
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no it does not.
do the "Back" and "Home" hard-keys perform any function within Opera mini?
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do the "Back" and "Home" hard-keys perform any function within Opera mini?
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looking for an answer to this...
thanks.
citivolus said:
looking for an answer to this...
thanks.
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Nope... the "home" and "back" buttons are not intercepted by Opera Mini so they both bring you back to the TF3D home screen.
ardsar said:
I tend to use opera mini when i'm out and about as it uses data compression, hence reducing loading times and the amount of data downloaded. However, i have found that even with the text size set to maximum, the font is still very small and soemtimes difficult to read. It can also be difficult to select items unless you use the stylus.
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There is a version of opera mini 4.2b that supports vga screens and large fonts. From your phone use opera mobile and go to http://mini.opera.com/beta/ Then click the link that says "If this version fails..." and download the first version with multiple certificates.
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There is a version of opera mini 4.2b that supports vga screens and large fonts. From your phone use opera mobile and go to http://mini.opera.com/beta/ Then click the link that says "If this version fails..." and download the first version with multiple certificates.
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Thanks for the link.
I installed that version on my Fuze and it works very well except for the fact that I cannot zoom in or out. I can pan around the zoomed out page using the 2, 4, 6 & 8 keys (on the hardware keyboard), but pressing the 5 key only activates the mouse pointer.
Is anyone else having trouble zooming?
In Portrait mode, I use the capacitive scroll sensor (circle around the joystick) to scroll. I had to add "Java" as a running app in Advanced Config 3.3 SmartTouch settings to do this. In portrait, hitting the Back button does not scroll back (minimizes the app), so you have to use your finger to hit the back/right soft key on the screen. In Settings, make the font the largest helps to make this bigger.
Opera Mini 4.2 works better in landscape on this device. You can use the arrow keys to move around on the keyboard. You can use the Del//<-- key to go back. You can also use Function Lock (double press Fn) to lock in the numerica keys for scrolling around, though 5 does not do anything for me.
Thanks for your help.
I've never used Opera Mini before and I think maybe I just wasn't using it properly. I didn't have "overview mode" enabled in the settings, and I believe that must be enabled for zooming to function.
I also configured Java to use Smarttouch, which is allowing me to scroll a box around the screen which will zoom to that portion of the screen when I click the center button. Thanks for the tip.
I can't get the zoom feature to work at all in landscape mode though. It just stays zoomed in all the time. I can pan around the screen using the number keys, but I can't zoom out.
Well I really like this phone. Almost everything is blazingly fast....
And the ol winmo interface is hidden almost everywere
I say Almost ... twice...
The downer form me is the Favorites of Operara, as soon as I hit the * on the bottom of
the browser, i see a slow buildup of my favorites... (Even traditional Mobile IE does a better job)
Navigating in this slow screen is also not too handy because u are used to the speed and slickyness of other screens...
Is there a tweak so I can hide this ugly favorites screen for something else that does the device Justice
You could always tap the x to minimise opera and use the bookmarks shortcut on the left softkey (assuming you were on the internet tab to start opera). Much quicker to browse than the opera favorites screen.
Yep you are right, that does look a lot better....
If i could only put this favorites screen under the star of opera....
I really don't get it that they have this ugly favorites screen ....
Intresting. I have never run into this problem of a slow Bookmarks screen. Not in Opera or even out of it.
never mind. It is a bit slow. I just never scrolled because my most my used bookmarks are at the top.
hi guys, if i want to cut and paste bookmark from my pc to the phone, which folder shall i paste into? (in the TD2 phone folder). thanks
Hello,
I bought HTC HD2 Leo. I tested it but it soon got on it's Borders by Handling.
Most actual Point is selecting Texts in Browser or Files in the Explorer or Cells in Excel:
When I want to select, this is nearly impossible because this Finger Gesture is always wrong interpretated as Scrolling Gesture, but i don't want to Scroll, I want mark Files or Cells or Text. With A Stylus this was much easyer.
Who can help me with some Addon, Tool, Programm, Idea, whatever?
I like Windows Mobile because of Compatibility and the Office Functions and the easy Copy&Paste. But now this is so unprecise, vague and difficult at the HTC Leo!
So I did'nt immagine my new Device and Proud. Sad.
What can I do to fix this?
Hot Thanks! Manuel
Just tested marking text in word mobile in a text file. The trick is, when you have a long text file with a scrollbar, to keep the screen pressed where you want to start marking text. A small icon will pop up above your finger, it looks like [T]. When you see this, move your finger to mark your text. Works like a charm.
Or you can try notepad 1.6: http://www.shamasis.net/projects/notepad-mobile/#download
I have tried several PDF readers including Aldiko. The problem is that when I am reading a page, I need a feature which makes the text fit to my phone window. Because by default there is a lot of extra space around the text. If I zoom , scrolling become difficult as scrolling down results in scrolling the page to left/right also. Any suggested reader for my purpose?
So basically, a reader which zooms the page to custom amount but the text should not move left and right while scrolling up/down
Adobe reader
Sent from my MB865 on ICS
Okay, so basically i was looking for 'text reflow' option ! Hidden gem!