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Multi-Touch Browser on Ion

Is there anyway i can replace my regular Browser with the Multi-Touch Browser on the Google Ion ROM?
I really dont want to flash a different ROM because i feel the Ion is the most stable and complete. No flaws

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Is there anyway i can replace my regular Browser with the Multi-Touch Browser on the Google Ion ROM?
I really dont want to flash a different ROM because i feel the Ion is the most stable and complete. No flaws
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i think it needs a kernel that enables mutlitouch.. lol i thought this was a developers forum.. and i thought you would have a way to get multitouch on ion.. smh

Again I must ask, What is the big deal with multi-touch? If a mobile browser is worth it's weight then you shouldn't need to constantly zoom in and out. Is it simply an "Apple has it so it must be needed" thing?

No...
I could care less about Apple... Multi-Touch not only makes the zooming easier but also adds a wow factor to the phone. Makes apps more fun, texting on the VK faster, and more efficient... Multi-Touch is needed on a phone like the G1, all the browser needs is some more work, but the double tap works pro. I love it, but we need multi touch for ion... is there anyway i can download it as an .apk or something and add it to my phone

281 said:
I could care less about Apple... Multi-Touch not only makes the zooming easier but also adds a wow factor to the phone. Makes apps more fun, texting on the VK faster, and more efficient... Multi-Touch is needed on a phone like the G1, all the browser needs is some more work, but the double tap works pro. I love it, but we need multi touch for ion... is there anyway i can download it as an .apk or something and add it to my phone
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Multitouch makes you have to use two hands to use your phone.
Inefficient and slow.

GenericNode said:
Multitouch makes you have to use two hands to use your phone.
Inefficient and slow.
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The G1 is large and makes your pants heavier, so get a new free phone.
No.
MultiTouch is an additional feature, nothing more. If you can have an additional feature, why not? Its not like you can't normally zoom or anything, moreover it demonstrates the capabilities of this phone in the hands of the right users.
Okay, so here is a bit of a misconception. The multitouch is not in the browser, it is in a hacked kernel. Therefore, a Browser may support multitouch, but it doesn't mean you can use multitouch. Simply, the Browser is just a means to use the multitouch, while the multitouch itself is in the ROM. No Multitouch ROM means no Multitouch browser, even if your Browser does support it.

SolemnWishing said:
The G1 is large and makes your pants heavier, so get a new free phone.
No.
MultiTouch is an additional feature, nothing more. If you can have an additional feature, why not? Its not like you can't normally zoom or anything, moreover it demonstrates the capabilities of this phone in the hands of the right users.
Okay, so here is a bit of a misconception. The multitouch is not in the browser, it is in a hacked kernel. Therefore, a Browser may support multitouch, but it doesn't mean you can use multitouch. Simply, the Browser is just a means to use the multitouch, while the multitouch itself is in the ROM. No Multitouch ROM means no Multitouch browser, even if your Browser does support it.
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Yeah, because the graphics acceleration works great and the multitouch zoom looks great!
Do I have to say the "no" part, or do you get it?

I think the question is a matter of, why not? The phone is capable of it, granted it isn't as smooth, but it's not like it is going to cost you an arm or anything. You aren't compromising anything for this feature, so simply, why not?

Multi touch, what do you do with it?

Now we all have the multi-touch function and I am wondering what everyone else think of it.
What exactly do you guys do with the function? I mean I can only imagine the use of it on two things.
1. Use it to pinch-zoom in browser.
2. Use it in game.
If I am not missing something, what's the use? People have been wanting it for so long and now, when I see it, it's like one of those things that you won't even miss it, when it's gone.
So, where do you use the multi-touch?

That browser pinch nonsense certainly doesn't offer any tangible benefits. What multitouch *does* offer though is a better soft-keyboard experience. With single touch, you need to press a button and release it before pressing down the next one. With multitouch, you can overlap key presses for a more natural typing experience. Of course, this requires a soft keyboard with multitouch awareness.

I must agree. I don't want it, or need it.

I mean I like it but we don't have any keyboard that support the function and 'NO' the original keyboard isn't multi-touch. It is only multi IF it works like the one in Iphone. I have my swype, so Im happy.

I have never wanted it, and don't see a need for it. Now that it is implemented in places people wanted it Apple is one down, however I don't see many using it

meh, i use it when browsing through the internet, so i guess i consider it a pretty nice feature, but thats about it. Its not really a negative feature (its not like it makes the phone unstable or anything) and to me, it's really more of a cosmetic feature rather than a practical one.
Oh, and another use for multitouch: Rub it in the faces of non-rooted G1 users

deaffob said:
I mean I like it but we don't have any keyboard that support the function and 'NO' the original keyboard isn't multi-touch. It is only multi IF it works like the one in Iphone. I have my swype, so Im happy.
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Smart Keyboard has multi-touch (for 2.0 and greater):
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-cdeguet-smartkeyboard-pFFn.aspx

lbcoder said:
That browser pinch nonsense certainly doesn't offer any tangible benefits. What multitouch *does* offer though is a better soft-keyboard experience. With single touch, you need to press a button and release it before pressing down the next one. With multitouch, you can overlap key presses for a more natural typing experience. Of course, this requires a soft keyboard with multitouch awareness.
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+1
To me touchscreens just felt too gimmicky, that's one of the reasons I never got an jesusPhone when they first came out. After playing with one, though, I saw that it had merits, but never really warmed up to the multitouch thing. When I got my APD1, and after the cupcake update, I never really used the soft keyboard much. I used to think the physical one was just better, but when I played with a Hero (and Hero builds), it made a world of difference. I saw myself using the HTC soft keyboard a lot more.
I still find two finger operation kind of senseless, I like single-handed operation, and love the double-tap to zoom at the eclair browser, but for things that are best done with two hands (yeah, that too!), like typing, multitouch is a must.

I don't use it because the current hack of the browser with multitouch is unusable: it's slow and doesn't scale linearly but instead by steps.
If it is correctly implemented in 2.1 now, maybe I would use it in the future.

benoitb85 said:
I don't use it because the current hack of the browser with multitouch is unusable: it's slow and doesn't scale linearly but instead by steps.
If it is correctly implemented in 2.1 now, maybe I would use it in the future.
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I agree. The 2.1 ROMs, and their multitouch in the browser make me not care about the feature completely. I have not had one ROM that multitouch has ran smoothly for me, unless we (they) haven't yet achieved that?

I have MT (Dwang's rom) but never use it. For the browser, I use Steel browser and prefer its long-press-and-hold zoom system. As others have said, it's mostly useful with soft keyboards.

Eclair~ said:
I agree. The 2.1 ROMs, and their multitouch in the browser make me not care about the feature completely. I have not had one ROM that multitouch has ran smoothly for me, unless we (they) haven't yet achieved that?
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the official nexus one multitouch looks pretty smooth to me in this video:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/nexus-one-gets-a-software-update-enables-multitouch/

Yes, if I could have my Dream behave like that, I would use multitouch

I like multitouch in Maps, it's so smooth! Would like the same smoothness in the browser.

I dont use multi-touch most of the time, but I one of those people that likes to have the option rather than it be removed, I mostly use it if I'm bored

Since when do we have multi touch for the g1?

mylostlonelysoul said:
Since when do we have multi touch for the g1?
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the g1 has had mutli-touch capabilities since the beginning

How do we enable it?
I know Hero has it but never seen it used on any other rom or phone besides hero. But I can get multitouch hack for google maps.

mylostlonelysoul said:
How do we enable it?
I know Hero has it but never seen it used on any other rom or phone besides hero. But I can get multitouch hack for google maps.
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its included in most of the ROMses already.

i would only use multi touch for a better user experience on soft keyboards. dont really use it on the browser that much

keyboard..hate it.

Is there any way to.get swype anymore? I hate the streaks keyboard. JusT makes mistakes constantly. Iv never had this problem with other touch screens.
Couldnt we get a better landscape keyboard and maybe a short style keyboard in potrait like on the storm?
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try better keyboard. i love it

PM me with your info and I'll email you the apk.
Joe
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Done..
Hope its good as the hype

I've gotta admit I'm liking the keyboard! I know most people hate the numeric keypad but I actually find it handy. It's far more responsive and acurate than my HTC hero ever was. The only thing I miss is the whole predictive word thingy were you can select the word you want after typing in a couple of the letters, that and auto correct.

The Dell Streak keyboard (holding the device horizontal) is awesome. Holding vertical is a little bit tricky... would it be possible to use swype in vertical and normal in horizontal?
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Link to swype if any one needs it
http://hotfile.com/dl/53625035/d463ee3/swype.android.inputmethod.v1.56.30.7625.WVGA.apk.html

bloody AMAZING! Couldnt have asked for better. Even if you dont like the whole tracing idea just the normal keys are much faster to type on than dells tiny keyboard

You can turn on word suggestion and auto-correct in the input settings, they're pretty effective too. Don't know why they weren't on as default.
eagleman said:
I've gotta admit I'm liking the keyboard! I know most people hate the numeric keypad but I actually find it handy. It's far more responsive and acurate than my HTC hero ever was. The only thing I miss is the whole predictive word thingy were you can select the word you want after typing in a couple of the letters, that and auto correct.
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Don't link to swype, they treat it as warez, and it will get xda-dev in trouble.

i must be the only person who HATES swype...dont get it..takes me longer to txt.
I would love the droid x/evo/any htc kyboard haha...anybody ever get any of these working?
Tried better keyboard, but prefer one of the above!

I just tried swipe - wow its pretty good, even if you don't use the tracing (which is very impressive) the larger keyboard works great for big fingers like mine.
Just wish I could work out how to get a new line.

Well, here's my two pennies worth on the keyboard issue: being a bit old fashioned, I didn't fancy the idea of swype. I'd rather have waited for a decent tap-style keyboard but out of boredom I tried it out, I love it! Even using it as a tap keyboard its miles better than the stock one, but after trying out the swype method I'm really impressed with how quickly I got accustomed to it. I'm making far fewer mistakes than I used to on the stock kb. I'm sure it'll take some time to get used to where some of the symbols are, but I'm more than happy to persevere with it as basic typing really is outstandingly easy. Often I think there's no way it's going to get this word straight away, but it does even if my swyping is not that accurate. I'd go a far as saying it's almost revolutionary! Ok, maybe I'm getting a bit carried away, but I've got really big hands and was struggling to use the old keyboard.
Only wish is that there was a close button for the keyboard as sometimes I can't see where I'm typing, especially on web pages, doesn't happen often enough to bother me though.

I find the swype method a bit redundant on the streak as the keys are big enough to type quite accurately
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Polish keyboard
Hello Everybody.
If I get Streak from UK is it possible to change kb for polish one or use polish letters?
Edit: of course I mean on screen keyboard!
Regards
Peter

Guest69 said:
Only wish is that there was a close button for the keyboard as sometimes I can't see where I'm typing, especially on web pages, doesn't happen often enough to bother me though.
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when the keyboard gets in my way I can usually hit the "go back" button to make it disappear.

shEEEsh said:
when the keyboard gets in my way I can usually hit the "go back" button to make it disappear.
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Aargh! I can't believe I didn't try that!! Thankyou shEEEsh!

Guest69 said:
Aargh! I can't believe I didn't try that!! Thankyou shEEEsh!
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You can also hold down 'Menu' to make it disappear (and also appear anywhere, for some reason). AND if you have the default Streak keyboard in landscape mode, there's a blue arrow in the top left that closes it. You're spoilt for choice on the Streak!
Also, a great keyboard replacement is Swiftkey beta (free until at least 13 Sept). It's in the Market. It uses some pretty advanced prediction techniques that works and learns really well (it even reads your SMS history to teach itself!) The Streak isn't on the list of compatible devices but I can confirm it works great and fills the screen properly (unlike some other keyboard replacements I've tried).

Hey,
Try swiftkey, it is so much better, using the standard keyboard I was making some many mistakes and activating the caps lock all the time, the only thing I miss is the left and right keys
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Sprint Handset upgrade policy?

ive been reading a lot about the Evo shift...
so far ive gon from G1 -> Evo4g and ive played with the G2 and some other new full qwerty phones...
manufactures have done an excellent job and slimming down keyboard phones...
if a phone comes around with the same specs or better as the evo with a fully keyboard i am defiantly going that direction...
just wondering what Sprints upgrade policy is?

I understand why you would choose a slim kb over a screen-only phone, but is there a reason you plan to be defiant about it?
j/k, definitely/defiantly is such a common typo, I think it's kind of funny..
I loved my blackberry's for their keyboards but after a year with android (hero then evo) I don't miss the physical keyboard AT ALL.. and I'm kind of surprised, I didn't expect to get so used to the on screen kb's

i just cant get used to onscreen keyboards... in portrait mode is acceptable, and very accurate...
but landscape mode is terrible...

SWYPE on screen keyboard is the BEST! in portrait view VERY EASY to use. Once you go swype you will ask where have you been all my life.

jettaboi said:
SWYPE on screen keyboard is the BEST! in portrait view VERY EASY to use. Once you go swype you will ask where have you been all my life.
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Agreed, I actually type much faster and more accurately with the stock or Droid X multi touch keyboards but swype does rock. Swype is still my primary keyboard just because it's easier to use with one hand.

parker81 said:
i just cant get used to onscreen keyboards... in portrait mode is acceptable, and very accurate...
but landscape mode is terrible...
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landscape is fine

HTC IME keyboard please

I really hope this is possbile. The HTC IME keyboard is absolutely indispensible to me. It in my experience has by far the best spell correction out of any keyboard I've tried. No other keyboard can I mess a word up so bad, add in a few extra letters than the word has, and it will still figure out what I'm trying to say.
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The only thing I hate about the keyboard is that after putting a period to write down my email, it always puts a space after it. Errr....
If the HTC keyboard can be ported to the Galaxy S and Nexus One phones, then I'm sure it can for the Nexus S.

It'll be ported, no worries. In the mean time try Smart Keyboard Pro with HTC Skin.. very very similar. I actually prefer that to HTC_IME, but both are damn similar.

I had switched a while back to HTC_ime as well. I recently got tired of it's myriad bugs and switched back to stock and am loving it! Can't wait to see how much better the Gingerbread version will be.
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Superfrag said:
It'll be ported, no worries. In the mean time try Smart Keyboard Pro with HTC Skin.. very very similar. I actually prefer that to HTC_IME, but both are damn similar.
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i just switched to smart keyboard pro from the HTC IME and i will never go back. it's amazing, and the dev is very nice as well

Smart keyboard is great, and I would use it over stock keyboard for sure...
But I re-iterate, in my personal experience, no keyboard comes close to the spell correction offered by the HTC IME. It is VERY forgiving to typing mistakes. I mean you can completely misspell every letter of a word, add way too many letters, and it will still pick up what you're saying.

Then you gotta learn to make less mistakes!

DKYang said:
The only thing I hate about the keyboard is that after putting a period to write down my email, it always puts a space after it. Errr....
If the HTC keyboard can be ported to the Galaxy S and Nexus One phones, then I'm sure it can for the Nexus S.
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Check the options you can turn off auto spacing after entering a period.
I personally use Smart Keyboard. I would like to use the new Gingerbread keyboard because of the multi-touch, but don't like that the keyboard TICK sound is not adjustable and it's very loud if I have my ringer/notification volume at full.
Smart Keyboard doesn't offer multi-touch, neither does HTC IME.
I will switch to Ultra Keyboard when I get the Nexus S because it is multi-touch.

Huh? AFAIK both Smart Keyboard and HTC IME have multitouch. Smart Keyboard even has an option for Multitouch AFAIK.

I'd try this kitchen, should work and you can customize it completely, check it out Great way to have nice, working HTC IMEs

nxt said:
Check the options you can turn off auto spacing after entering a period.
I personally use Smart Keyboard. I would like to use the new Gingerbread keyboard because of the multi-touch, but don't like that the keyboard TICK sound is not adjustable and it's very loud if I have my ringer/notification volume at full.
Smart Keyboard doesn't offer multi-touch, neither does HTC IME.
I will switch to Ultra Keyboard when I get the Nexus S because it is multi-touch.
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smart keyboard has full multitouch, you have to enable it in the settings, though i think it's on by default.
Also depending on your phone it may not work too good, i've noticed on my nexus one the multitouch on smart keyboard has never worked good, but it works alright in apps like maps and the gallery.

nxt said:
Check the options you can turn off auto spacing after entering a period.
I personally use Smart Keyboard. I would like to use the new Gingerbread keyboard because of the multi-touch, but don't like that the keyboard TICK sound is not adjustable and it's very loud if I have my ringer/notification volume at full.
Smart Keyboard doesn't offer multi-touch, neither does HTC IME.
I will switch to Ultra Keyboard when I get the Nexus S because it is multi-touch.
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I believe they both have multitouch.....

Can anyone tell me if it really exists HTC_IME for Nexus S?

There is one . But it doesent handle multi touch as good... i had it for a while....ill look for it and mabey post it
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Swype ftw. I have yet to find a keyboard as good. My next choice would be ics keyboard and the sounds can be turned off
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i am also interested in that if anyone can find a working one..i have tried many others but all force closed everytime i selected a word

MrDrumngun said:
Swype ftw. I have yet to find a keyboard as good. My next choice would be ics keyboard and the sounds can be turned off
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For sure, Swype is far superior if you can actually master typing on it. It's a skill that's worth learning

Holy thread necro... Just realized how old this is
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HTC_ime is aviable on applanet
search "HTC_ime"download it and use
i use htc ime on my nexus s
i think its the greates keyboard
only work on gb
not work on ics