say i go to Start > Programs and then i finger-flick to scroll down... the scrolling speed and scrolling duration are just out of whack. i flick and then wait like 5 seconds till it stops and even one normal flick is enough to go from first to the last icon on the page. if i want to scroll smaller distance, i intuitively do a slower flick but then biotouch ignores that gesture and next thing i know is i'm randomly opening programs.
i used to have htc-titan/ppc6800 with installed version of biotouch, and finger-flicking scrolled at the same speed but for much shorter time, like 1 to 2 seconds, which was much more desireable. the sensitivity also was more fine-tuned that even slower flicks were interpreted as scrolling gestures... the whole biotouch experience was much more snapper and was actually usable. now with touch pro i find myself preferring to use scrollbars to even scroll small distances...
i've tried quite a few customization tools including Advanced Config and none of them allowed me to fine-tune the scrolling duration and finger-flick speed sensitivity. does anybody know where these settings, and hopefully other settings, are located for biotouch? i just want to fine-tune them to be more "usable"...
Thanks!
half a day passed and the thread is already on the 5th page... dang things here evolve quickly!
so, anybody knows how to or where to tweak biotouch config?
While driving home I got an idea to remove the lag in Tomtom 7 on the Touch pro by using an optical trick. And I need your advice....
In tomtom you can choose an image as the pointer of your location on the map (by default blue pointer). Some posts in this forum stated that the real position is at the tip of the pointer, where this used to be in the 'center' of the pointer. Still some people have to deal with lag.
Now my idea: what if we change the default icon by a custom made icon of which for example the lower half is transparent, while the upper half is the default pointer. The resolution of the image that represents the icon would be a number of pixels higher (width stays the same) and it would be the questions whether Tomtom allows larger images to be read as icon.
But: assume it works, in your screen the blue pointer would move a but to the top of your screen, like as if it reduces your lag.
Probably there are other complications (like what wil happen during a turn, would it look like your position is outside the road....??), but it is just an idea.
My favorite idea I heard was to have a 5-10 meter pole (or whatever your lag is) mounted to the front of your car with your phone stuck to it and then have a pair of binoculars next to you so you can actually see the screen
But seriously, have you not noticed that when you stop driving the position reported is very close to where you actually are. With your suggestions this would change and IMO not be good.
I resolved my lag issues with my diamond (and I'm sure many others have as well) by using the latest versions of iGO8 and using it in 2D mode. I swear, I have no lag now what so ever. The same can't be said for in Tomtom but TTN7 is rubbish compared to iGO8 anyway IMHO .
GFXboost also apparently improves the visual performance of iGO8, so another point to consider .
i can't seem to nail down my terminology so forgive me .
I want to increase the amount of vertical/horizontal movement when I flick up and down in Opera, messages and documents.
What is this called and can i adjust it somewhere or with advanced conifg?
For example on an iphone if you flick fast it pretty much goes all the way through a webpage, it uses the speed of the flick to determine distance.
Seems like the fuze is tied directly to the flick and doesnt have "acceleration".
Thanks for any help or redirection.
i think there's a configuration in advance config or diamond tweak / touch pro tweak, but i myself don't find this a problem, you just have to flick it fast and a little harder, flick it from the bottom of the screen till the top.
as for messages, you can always use the keyboard and type in the name of the sender, and it will display all their messages only, this saves a lot of time trying to flick and search through your list of messages if you have e.g. 10000 txts.
Hi all,
I notice that when sliding through the app drawer of TW3, the finger tends to move some distance before the page starts following the finger. This is especially obvious when then page is stationary and the finger has to move some distance before the app drawer page stutters and starts moving.
After reading most if not all of the discussions in this forum, I understand that our phone sustain certain level of lag in that situation, probably due to the touch mechanism itself or inefficiency in the processor or what not. But I do have an interesting observation: whenever my phone sustains a fresh reboot, it is that time that the app drawer is perfectly lagless and follows even the tiniest movement of my fingers. This snappy phenomena only lasts until I put the phone to standby, i.e. locking the phone. Thereafter it goes back to the condition as mentioned earlier on.
My question is, there's no doubt i9003 has the capability to be lag free in the context of this discussion, but it seems pretty apparent that something is inhibiting the phone from being as smooth as when it first rebooted. Could it be the priority the TW launcher is assigned with, or does the processor clock speed matter in this situation?
P.S. When testing, I made sure that no applications are opened after the fresh reboot, so issues like insufficient memory etc should not be related here.
I noticed the same things, not only when sliding through the app drawer, but also when sliding menus etc. However after a reboot, my phone behaves as always. Maybe you feel it more lagfree because of the high clock speed due to the multiples stuff your phone does on boot. Try to change your governor to performance and see if it behaves like after a fresh reboot. In this way you'll know if your lagfree experience is due to clock speed.
I read a lot of stuff too but nothing was really useful. However I noticed that I feel lags only when the touch of the screen can be interpretated in different ways (for example sliding screens and opening apps), but when touching the screen allows you to do only one thing, like moving things, there are nearly zero lags. For example when you pull down/up your notification bar or when you move a zooomed image in gallery. This make me think that it's more a software problem than a hardware problem and I think that because in some app there are less lags than in others.
I don't know if you read this, but I think it improves the touchscreen, even if the difference is barely noticeable.
TW3 is sludge!
Dear guys and gals,
Found a key for touch prediction that when edited showed a marked improvement in keyboard responsiveness and small item manipulation ie classic desktop, file explorer, etc.
The key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TouchPrediction
Edit key for latency from 8 to 2.
Edit sample time from 8 to 2
Restart
See attached for a edited registry key to inject. Tested on two surfaces with no ill effects.
edit: to answer a few questions: this increases performance on all touch aspects of the device
The most likely ill effect would be a decrease in battery life as the system must poll the touchscreen more often... just be aware. Otherwise, cool find.
Keyboard does seem faster... Does this also affect swiping? it seems like I can swipe in any way and get the full length of the page / app in one swipe?
Haven't noted in marked increase in battery consumption but I will monitor.
Could this improve the home key button, when my surface is on standby it takes about 6 taps to get the surface to wake up.
possibly, I have not tested the mod for that per say,
Dane Reynolds said:
Could this improve the home key button, when my surface is on standby it takes about 6 taps to get the surface to wake up.
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I also have not noticed an increase in battery usage on my asus vivo tab. Not a surface, but rt.
What would decreasing the values to 1 due? I am assuming the lower the value, the better. Or did it not test well on Surface?
Originally I choose 2 to test the battery draw. However, now that I haven't seen any significant increase in battery usage the drop to 1 can be done.
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What would decreasing the values to 1 due? I am assuming the lower the value, the better. Or did it not test well on Surface?
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Is it that easy for all the values? In other words, can all of the registry values be set to 1 to improve performance? Or are all the values a certain number for a reason? Cuz if latency of 1 works better than the original 8, idk why Microsoft would put it at 8 in the first place. Sorry for all the questions. This stuff is interesting to me!
First off all any values are "safe values". Some screens might be of worse quality then others (different manufacturers of parts). Having that value setup to happy medium means all screens act the same. You lower the value you demand that screen reads the inputs faster and more often. Might not be a good idea on some devices.
Not only talking about surface. Remember win8 (especially pro) will go on many different devices.
Also if you set sampling and refresh to low it might start having ghost touches from minimum input that would normally not be visible (oversensitive).
Best to practice and find perfect for you and your device.
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First off all any values are "safe values". Some screens might be of worse quality then others (different manufacturers of parts). Having that value setup to happy medium means all screens act the same. You lower the value you demand that screen reads the inputs faster and more often. Might not be a good idea on some devices.
Not only talking about surface. Remember win8 (especially pro) will go on many different devices.
Also if you set sampling and refresh to low it might start having ghost touches from minimum input that would normally not be visible (oversensitive).
Best to practice and find perfect for you and your device.
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How about the other regs that don't really have a highest/lowest rate? For example, Disable Hotmail is defaulted at 2. What would changing that to 1 do?
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How about the other regs that don't really have a highest/lowest rate? For example, Disable Hotmail is defaulted at 2. What would changing that to 1 do?
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No there is no general rule where lower value is better. Some of the values displayed are "face values" where 2 is 2 like refresh 2 times a second. Some times 2 and 1 have a meaning off or on (like your hotmail). Remember PC reads numbers. Even more sometimes numbers, text or mix you see like 8 or 4 are actually representations of some kind of code for example hex or binary.
If you do not know what the number represents then changing it is a guess and nothing more. Just have a backup copy as fiddling in registry with drivers can have funny side effects. I did make my hd7 think i am touching it everywhere all the time so it hang seconds after boot
Are we sure this does anything at all? In order to test if the differences were psychological, I set the number to a ridiculously high value and it didn't seem to behave any differently.
Yup I found noticeable differences in fine touch control including in the registry,window control, etc.
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Are we sure this does anything at all? In order to test if the differences were psychological, I set the number to a ridiculously high value and it didn't seem to behave any differently.
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Thanks a lot!
Is 2 a good value in the case of the surface PRO 1 ?
"touch prediction" did prediction, not pooling!
"Latency" = how much milisecond to look ahead
"SampleTime" = the period in milisecond to average your finger's motion
The effect is thus:
Larger "latency" make the pointer overshoot, smaller "latency" make the pointer lag behind (1 - 100 milisecond depending on your system performance).
There's no penalty on your tablet's battery or digitizer's life for turning TouchPrediction off, and you don't need to restart to see the effect. (try finger drawing in MS Paint to see effect)
If your Surface missed touch, then try to cool the back of your tablet. It might be thermal throttling.