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On fascinate, the default android keyboard does not have the option to un-check. So, even if I installed other keyboards, only the default keyboard is on. Is there any way to disable the stock keyboard and use other keyboard that I want to use?
Thanks!
jus ordered my fascinate so still wait on mine but as far as I know you cant disabled but to switch it should be the same across the board on androids just tap ur text box then long press in the text box and it should pop up with ur options
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Go to messages. Long press on input feild, go to android keyboard, press it with ur finger, WA la
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In some cases, when you install a new keyboard manually (such as one of my favorites HTC_IME http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416), you have to go to Settings > Language & Keyboard and enable the checkbox next to the keyboard you installed.
After that, the instructions ksizzle listed above still apply.
Thanks!!! I do not have the phone with me right now, but I will try that!!
Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
ivorycruncher said:
Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
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Which skin did you go with?
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It's called SilverBlue AndroidandMe. It's gray/silver keys over a medium blue background. It seems to fit well with the gray/blue theme that Samsung has implemented on this phone.
this is my first touch screen so what makes the htc and better keyboard better than the stock one?
ivorycruncher said:
Coming from an HTC device, which has a keyboard that worked quite nicely, I was utterly disgusted by the horrible keyboard on this phone. Reading around a bit, I decided that Better Keyboard was the way to go, so I decided to shell out the $2.99 for it, and also downloaded a couple of the free themes. I now have a very good looking keyboard, which works 10 times better than the stock one.
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The HTC_IME keyboard link I posted is pretty much the HTC keyboard with a ton of customizable options. And its a free download.
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The HTC_IME keyboard link I posted is pretty much the HTC keyboard with a ton of customizable options. And its a free download.
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Ah darn, guess I should have hunted a little more. Oh well, I'm happy with better keyboard, and you can apply themes to it, for added value. For the record, I think it works even better than the HTC keyboard, but I'd have to actually try it on this phone to make a fair comparison. All I know is that I can type way faster on this one than I've ever been able to on a touchscreen phone before.
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DeezNotes said:
In some cases, when you install a new keyboard manually (such as one of my favorites HTC_IME http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416), you have to go to Settings > Language & Keyboard and enable the checkbox next to the keyboard you installed.
After that, the instructions ksizzle listed above still apply.
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That worked like a charm. Thanks!
3.1 didn't help resolve the annoying typing delay on this pad. I played with a Xoom and the small Samsung and it didn't have this problem.
Have there been any patches or fixes released? I was really hoping 3.1 would do it, but it didn't.
I also would love to get this. It's literally the ONLY issue I have with this device.
Didn't someone say turning off some option will help or switch to generic keyboard? I'm not really sure what the issue is, I don't think I've had it.
I noticed this problem pretty quickly and was very bothered by it. I tried out a couple different browsers and found that Opera was the only one with good keyboard responsiveness. While it may not be the best browser in other respects, it trumps all other browsers for this reason.
Now I wish there were an easy option to turn off tap-to-click. Damn thing throws me off everytime I type.
is this with the dock or the onscreen keyboard as well?
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I also would love to get this. It's literally the ONLY issue I have with this device.
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Yea, me too. It's pushing me to reconsider the Samsung 10.1.
I've only experienced typing lag on vBulletin based forums sites with the stock browser - and for example here on XDA if you choose the classic skin things improve quite a bit.
Its been mentioned many times before, that the "lag" isn't a "Transformer issue" per-se but a stock browser problem on certain sites. I've tried XDA with Firefox and Dolphin Mini and the there's no real lag that i can see, which further points to the stock browser..
Or are you guys experiencing lag on any web page with the stock browser?? (in which case I'll get my coat)
Try switching to the Honeycomb keyboard instead of the Asus keyboard.
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Try switching to the Honeycomb keyboard instead of the Asus keyboard.
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That's worse for me.
jms_uk said:
I've only experienced typing lag on vBulletin based forums sites with the stock browser - and for example here on XDA if you choose the classic skin things improve quite a bit.
Its been mentioned many times before, that the "lag" isn't a "Transformer issue" per-se but a stock browser problem on certain sites. I've tried XDA with Firefox and Dolphin Mini and the there's no real lag that i can see, which further points to the stock browser..
Or are you guys experiencing lag on any web page with the stock browser?? (in which case I'll get my coat)
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Yes. The amount of lag may vary slightly between sites but it is still there and annoying. Dolphin made no difference for me. I've tested both the Xoom, Samsung and Acer in stores and they don't seem to have the problem.
The best test for A/B comparing purposes is to just type the numbers 1 thru 9 quickly and see what's left when you are done. For me when I'm done "7" is usually on the screen.
Try this temp fix
1. go to google.com
2. select settings in the upper right and click on search settings
3. disable google instant
This seems much better for me. Others may vary.
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I've figured it out. It's a text box issue. Go into XDA forum settings. Change the text box to "simple "and skin to classic and enjoy lag free typing on this forum.
I'm pretty sure ASUS will post an update for this typing lag... althought typing lag has improved only slightly by changing user agent to Tablet (or to Android on dolphin browser)... will just have to be patient on the update
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I've figured it out. It's a text box issue. Go into XDA forum settings. Change the text box to "simple "and skin to classic and enjoy lag free typing on this forum.
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Makes no difference here (and of course it wouldn't help when using any other website that requires a typed response).
danielsjam said:
Try this temp fix
1. go to google.com
2. select settings in the upper right and click on search settings
3. disable google instant
This seems much better for me. Others may vary.
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Been there, done that, no help.
I hate the responsiveness of the Asus keyboard, but the stock keyboard does a nice job. I wish the layout was better, but I will take the responsiveness of the stock keyboard over the layout of the Asus one with crappy responsiveness.
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I hate the responsiveness of the Asus keyboard, but the stock keyboard does a nice job. I wish the layout was better, but I will take the responsiveness of the stock keyboard over the layout of the Asus one with crappy responsiveness.
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Both keyboards are the same for me. I just came back from the mall where I tested a Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab , T-Mobile G-Slate and iPad and none of them had any delay anywhere. I simply go to the forum, log in and type 123456789 in an empty reply to a message and see what's left when I am finished typing. The only problematic one seems to be the Asus.
U know what , out of the typing delay frustration i went on to try my most trusted browser for my froyo phone, miren and walla no lag in typing. But since miren is not build for honeycomb there are some fc here n there as expected. But the feature i love most, the smart full screen still works in honeycomb yay !!!
Part from that, it also doesnt have the image tearing issue when u scroll the browser quickly most probably related to hardware acceleration that is implemented on honeycomb browser.
Conclusion,the typing lag is definitely caused by the browser itself or even the webkit itself :-(
Too bad miren's developement stopped :-(
I think there's more than one "typing delay" issue here.
The one that I'm having 1) does not depend on which keyboard is used, and 2) is just as bad on Xoom. Just go to http://slashdot.org, open any story, and try to post a comment there - and watch characters you type being entered at like 1 per second...
I am typing this on the dolphin browser HD which has just been updated today. I am using Smart keyboard pro and cannot notice any lag. This reply is on the XDA 2010 theme.
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I am typing this on the dolphin browser HD which has just been updated today. I am using Smart keyboard pro and cannot notice any lag. This reply is on the XDA 2010 theme.
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I just tried downloading the free trial of Smart Keyboard Pro and keep getting "Purchase Cancelled, error processing purchase."
Hmmm, seems I can't download anything from the Market ... get the same error with Dolphin.
Has anyone pushed swype on to the Xformer ? or is there a zip that can be flashed ?
The built in ASUS keyboard has swipe typing available.
Lmao
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The built in ASUS keyboard has swipe typing available.
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The swiping on the ASUS keyboard is absolute garbage compared to Swype. It might as well not even be there.
Trying to official beta doesn't work - get an error about unsupported screen size.
I haven't tried forcing the issue.
-bZj
Too late for you now but the Amazon app store gave away flex9 keyboard which has swype functionality... in addition to voice dictation and handwriting.
swype feature is pretty good and works on the transformer.
I don't need a signature.
I have Swype and Dasur Slide it on mine and it is not a match made in heaven in the UK - as I have a conflict between the hardware keyboard and the software keyboard. It is very frustrating - as even though I have the software keyboards set to UK keyboards, this somehow alters the hardware keyboard to a US keyboard whne I re-dock. If anyone knows a way around this, I would be very grateful and the Asus trace keyboard is utter poo. I cannot use it. In fact I am not a big fan of Swype, I think Slide it is by far the best in its class.
I read a post here a few days ago showing how you could stop the dock keyboard being changed by the tab keyboard settings. Do search through the development forum. You need to move files around, etc.
I have Swype on mine but I don;t like it on the tab although it is great on my DesireHD. I use the Thumb keyboard which becomes natural very quickly.
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Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14600447#post14600447
Have the newest beta on mine as well, works great! What I tend to do is make use of the resizable keyboard, make ik smaller, position it on the right.
This way I can hold the tablet with my left hand, and swype with the right, without moving too much across the screen.
The fail in combination with the hardware keyboard is a shame, there is a solution, but you do need root, which I haven't got around to yet.
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I read a post here a few days ago showing how you could stop the dock keyboard being changed by the tab keyboard settings. Do search through the development forum. You need to move files around, etc.
I have Swype on mine but I don;t like it on the tab although it is great on my DesireHD. I use the Thumb keyboard which becomes natural very quickly.
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Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14600447#post14600447
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Cheers pal, it's fathers day and I am finally having a day to play with my new toy, so far the launcher has been changed and now it looks like I will be rooted by the end of the day. Didn't think it would last long unrooted.
What's wrong?
Naadi900 said:
The fail in combination with the hardware keyboard is a shame, there is a solution, but you do need root, which I haven't got around to yet.
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I don't understand. I have Swype set as my software keyboard and am using the dock to type this. While I do get the annoying warning about setting the Asus keyboard when I first get things going, I haven't noticed any odd functions, or loss of capability. Am I missing something?
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I don't understand. I have Swype set as my software keyboard and am using the dock to type this. While I do get the annoying warning about setting the Asus keyboard when I first get things going, I haven't noticed any odd functions, or loss of capability. Am I missing something?
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I don't have any problems either.
I think I did change something with the settings when I previously installed thumb keyboard (the @ was coming up as " with the dock keyboard) but I haven't had to do anything with swype.
Edit....I've not got round to rooting yet so I'm completely stock and using the uk layout.
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The swype for HC with re sizeable keyboard work great for tablet in landscape mode.
I use Swype on both my Android phones and love it. A perfect present for Fathers day was an email saying that Swype had released a new beta which included additional Honeycomb support!
Sign up and try it out here at beta.swype.com
After all, it's free! (at the moment)
Asus, if you are reading this, please get rid of the warning we get everything time we dock - "ASUS Keyboard is not selected, Change to ASUS keyboard to keep consistency with hardware keyboard".
I like the Android keyboard because it has the normal keyboard layout and I can touch type better. However, it is very annoying to receive the warning message EVERY SINGLE TIME I dock. There should an option to stop is message from displaying every time time. Better yet, have it automatically switch to Asus keyboard when docked.
Yes!
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totally agree!
and also fix the "Auto-replace", "Auto-capitalization" and "Auto-punctuate" so that that it actually replace, capitalize and punctuates. Oh an while they're at it, fix the dock drain!
I'm soooo close to 100% happy its not funny. So happy that I've even converted about 5 Ipad sales to transformer sales!
I agree with this also , its very annoying to get this message. Maybe there's a dev out there that can figure this out for us...if its even possible to get rid of?
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Although the constant reminder is an extra tap and is certainly annoying, it's a good tip nonetheless. I've been using the Swiftkey beta, and it has a bug where it won't stop auto-correcting with the physical keyboard attached, which makes typing a bear. So, I do need to switch to another keyboard every time anyways.
What I'd find much more useful is an option in the settings to automatically switch to the Asus keyboard (or another) when attaching the dock.
wynand32 said:
What I'd find much more useful is an option in the settings to automatically switch to the Asus keyboard (or another) when attaching the dock.
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This. Or better still, to set the keyboard on a per-program basis. For example, I prefer the stock Asus soft keyboard most of the time, but it's nearly unusable in Splashtop because it doesn't send keystrokes to the remote PC immediately, only when entire words are completed. Hence I far prefer the stock Honeycomb keyboard in Splashtop, which sends every letter immediately.
If you go to the latest Prime rom and plug in the keyboard dock there is a little checkbox you can check so that it doesn't show that message anymore
Cool, shame we have to go to third party firmware and potentially lose our warranty coverage to get the fix. Hopefully Asus can look at improving this in the stock firmware...
I never get it. of course I use the Asus version of the keyboard when on the tablet only. Think it might have to do with using other versions of a keyboard and it having incompatibilities with the dock keyboard? ...go figure...
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This. Or better still, to set the keyboard on a per-program basis. For example, I prefer the stock Asus soft keyboard most of the time, but it's nearly unusable in Splashtop because it doesn't send keystrokes to the remote PC immediately, only when entire words are completed. Hence I far prefer the stock Honeycomb keyboard in Splashtop, which sends every letter immediately.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop. I like using my mouse and I don't use the touch pad so I just turn it off. Takes a bit of getting used too as for double click...long click ..but when you do you can do just about everything you can when just using the PC.
You do know that this is not the ASUS TF101 official forum right? So I don't know why you'er directing the OP post to ASUS. Email it to ASUS or write on their forums.
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You do know that this is not the ASUS TF101 official forum right? So I don't know why you'er directing the OP post to ASUS. Email it to ASUS or write on their forums.
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Rumor has it that Asus did notice and react to posts in this forum -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15292689&postcount=289
I'm not experiencing the
issue listed above. I use hacker's keyboard as a touch keyboard and have a B60 dock.
All I get is an alert that the dock has been connected and to press okay. Is that what you are talking about? I never actually have to change to ASUS keyboard or anything like that.
Only way to get rid of atm is using Prime 1.5 (has this "Do not show this again" option when it comes up), or root and disable IME change event on ASUS keyboard.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop. I like using my mouse and I don't use the touch pad so I just turn it off. Takes a bit of getting used too as for double click...long click ..but when you do you can do just about everything you can when just using the PC.
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I use the dock when in Splashtop sometimes, but sometimes I don't want to be carrying the extra weight around with me.
ASR831 said:
I'm not experiencing the
issue listed above. I use hacker's keyboard as a touch keyboard and have a B60 dock.
All I get is an alert that the dock has been connected and to press okay. Is that what you are talking about? I never actually have to change to ASUS keyboard or anything like that.
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That's what we're talking about. The warning gets a bit tedious the 30th or 40th time you've seen it.
You are just pressing okay. I don't think it warrents a major issue.
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You are just pressing okay. I don't think it warrents a major issue.
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a) Nobody said it was major
b) When does it become worth fixing, for you? The 50th time you've seen the message? 100th? 500th? Or is it best to leave annoying behaviors just because they're not "major"?
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a) Nobody said it was major
b) When does it become worth fixing, for you? The 50th time you've seen the message? 100th? 500th? Or is it best to leave annoying behaviors just because they're not "major"?
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It just doesn't bother me as much as keyboard lag in browser, speaker issue, better battery in standby when leaving wifi on, quality control, shortcut to last app on keyboard, i.e alt+tab, etc.
So if I were to complain, I would complain about those first than just a warning. No gadget is 100% perfect so the warning, while annoying, is something I can deal with.
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It just doesn't bother me as much as keyboard lag in browser, speaker issue, better battery in standby when leaving wifi on, quality control, shortcut to last app on keyboard, i.e alt+tab, etc.
So if I were to complain, I would complain about those first than just a warning. No gadget is 100% perfect so the warning, while annoying, is something I can deal with.
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It's probably also a much easier fix, because it's not a bug -- so there's no need to try and replicate a problem, isolate where it's going off the rails, and fix it.
It's most likely a matter of 5-10 minutes work for a programmer somewhere to add the option to squelch the warning.
Problem #1: lack of hotkeys. Control T, Control F, etc do not work.
Problem #2: "Shift + c" is mapped to "backspace", and "Shift + b" is bound to enter. The only way to type a capital C or B in Chrome is to hit the key twice in rapid succession, which first causes a backspace/enter, then types the letter.
If you all could so kindly go into Chrome, go to settings, click Under The Hood, click Send Feedback, and write off a quick description of the problem to Google, let's try to get them to fix it. Google's support is typically pretty lackluster, and it generally takes many people acknowledging and reporting a problem to get it fixed!
I'm still god damn floored by how awesome Chrome is. JSNES (NES emulator written in JavaScript) runs at 25 FPS in Super Mario Bros. That benchmark alone gets me a little hard, as my old notebook doesn't even handle it that well. But with the above two problems, it's kinda annoying to use it, especially the lack of control T to open new tab as that's just become instinctual over the past 8 years.
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Huh...I can't reproduce the issue on mine (Shift-B and Shift-C work fine). No CTRL+T or CTRL+F, but the cut/copy/paste shortcut keys work fine.
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I'm still god damn floored by how awesome Chrome is. JSNES (NES emulator written in JavaScript) runs at 25 FPS in Super Mario Bros. That benchmark alone gets me a little hard, as my old notebook doesn't even handle it that well. But with the above two problems, it's kinda annoying to use it, especially the lack of control T to open new tab as that's just become instinctual over the past 8 years.
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I'm not familiar with JSNES, what's it do in the old browser? I ask because on a completely stock, just-wiped US TF101 running ICS, I get a slightly (but outside margin of error) *worse* Javascript score in the Chrome beta, than I do with the stock browser. I also find the scrolling lag on Chrome beta to be awful -- the stock browser is orders of magnitude better.
I want to like Chome, and I'm sure I will eventually when the bugs are worked out, but so far it isn't usable for my purposes.
Perhaps related to the scrolling thing, I also noticed if I check chrome://gpu-internals/ that I get "WebGL: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration disabled." and "Problems detected. WebGL has been disabled, either via about:flags or command line."
Edit: No, not related. Just googled and now know WebGL's for 3D graphics.
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Huh...I can't reproduce the issue on mine (Shift-B and Shift-C work fine). No CTRL+T or CTRL+F, but the cut/copy/paste shortcut keys work fine.
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Where did you try it? It only occurs in text boxes within the actual page. In the URL bar and other places, Shift C/B work fine, but if you try to respond to this post in Chrome and use shift C, it should backspace. It also makes capital C and B impossible to enter in password fields -- really annoying.
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I'm not familiar with JSNES, what's it do in the old browser? I ask because on a completely stock, just-wiped US TF101 running ICS, I get a slightly (but outside margin of error) *worse* Javascript score in the Chrome beta, than I do with the stock browser. I also find the scrolling lag on Chrome beta to be awful -- the stock browser is orders of magnitude better.
I want to like Chome, and I'm sure I will eventually when the bugs are worked out, but so far it isn't usable for my purposes.
Perhaps related to the scrolling thing, I also noticed if I check chrome://gpu-internals/ that I get "WebGL: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration disabled." and "Problems detected. WebGL has been disabled, either via about:flags or command line."
Edit: No, not related. Just googled and now know WebGL's for 3D graphics.
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It ran fine in the HC browser, just slow. To be fair I checked it in ICS browser and it gets the same FPS as Chrome, glad to know stock ICS browser is just as capable, but it doesn't handle the actual page anywhere near as well as Chrome does, for ex it cannot hook the keys to get keyboard input like Chrome does. I suspect Chrome's compatibility far surpasses that of the stock browser, perhaps costing it a bit of performance in benchmarks?
Haven't really had any scrolling issues whatsoever.
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Gary13579 said:
It ran fine in the HC browser, just slow. To be fair I checked it in ICS browser and it gets the same FPS as Chrome, glad to know stock ICS browser is just as capable, but it doesn't handle the actual page anywhere near as well as Chrome does, for ex it cannot hook the keys to get keyboard input like Chrome does. I suspect Chrome's compatibility far surpasses that of the stock browser, perhaps costing it a bit of performance in benchmarks?
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Well, to be equally fair in return, it was only a very slight difference in benchmark, and it was just one benchmark -- Sunspider -- I didn't try any others.
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Haven't really had any scrolling issues whatsoever.
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Interesting. Pretty-much any long web page (say, Engadget or similar), if I load the page, let it finish loading, then swipe my finger across the screen to scroll, I'm instantly into a white page until I stop scrolling, or at the very least I get significant stuttering. With the stock browser, the same trick gives me a perfect preview of the fast scroll, so I can stop it in the right place with a tap of my finger.
Even when scrolling slowly, Chrome is noticeably stuttery for me, nowhere near as smooth as the stock browser's scrolling.
Gary13579 said:
Problem #1: lack of hotkeys. Control T, Control F, etc do not work.
Problem #2: "Shift + c" is mapped to "backspace", and "Shift + b" is bound to enter. The only way to type a capital C or B in Chrome is to hit the key twice in rapid succession, which first causes a backspace/enter, then types the letter.
If you all could so kindly go into Chrome, go to settings, click Under The Hood, click Send Feedback, and write off a quick description of the problem to Google, let's try to get them to fix it. Google's support is typically pretty lackluster, and it generally takes many people acknowledging and reporting a problem to get it fixed!
I'm still god damn floored by how awesome Chrome is. JSNES (NES emulator written in JavaScript) runs at 25 FPS in Super Mario Bros. That benchmark alone gets me a little hard, as my old notebook doesn't even handle it that well. But with the above two problems, it's kinda annoying to use it, especially the lack of control T to open new tab as that's just become instinctual over the past 8 years.
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Yep. I concur... The shift c, b is a pain in the ass. Also having the lagging problems.
Anyway, i'm back to stock browser.
control c and control v work fine for me, make sure you have asus keyboard set
wilx said:
control c and control v work fine for me, make sure you have asus keyboard set
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I never said they didn't. Try reading, this time.
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Gary13579 said:
Where did you try it? It only occurs in text boxes within the actual page. In the URL bar and other places, Shift C/B work fine, but if you try to respond to this post in Chrome and use shift C, it should backspace. It also makes capital C and B impossible to enter in password fields -- really annoying.
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Well, I'm using the hardware keyboard to type this reply -- BBBBCCCCCBCBCBC -- and I used it to login here and a number of other places. I'd say that no, I really can't reproduce it, whether the Asus, Android, or Swype virtual keyboard is enabled along with the hardware keyboard.
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Well, I'm using the hardware keyboard to type this reply -- BBBBCCCCCBCBCBC -- and I used it to login here and a number of other places. I'd say that no, I really can't reproduce it, whether the Asus, Android, or Swype virtual keyboard is enabled along with the hardware keyboard.
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Interesting. Lates t version of chrome from the market? What region ICS version? What version dock? You are doing this in CHROME, right? It's affecting a lot of us, interesting that it works for some. The same problem even occurs on the TF Prime. You spamming the keys doesn't really show that it's working though, as if you hold shift and hit "c" twice, it will backspace once then type out C, but when you press down shift, hit c, then let go of shift, it only does a backspace.
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US region ICS, dock version EP101-0213. Yes, this is the latest Chrome Beta from the market. Yes, I'm actually using the hardware keyboard, and yes I'm actually typing this through Chrome. The keyboard spam was for effect - if you read my post you would have noticed I also said that I had used the above to login in to different places (the problem doesn't happen text inputs, text areas, or password inputs). Yes, other people are having the issue, but I'm not.
If you're interested, I did a clean install of the official .21 HC firmware (with a wipe), then did the OTA update and wiped it again before rooting it.
Hadn't actually tried it myself, so here's a fourth (fifth? forget how many replies we've had...) opinion:
* Ctrl-T, Ctrl-F, Ctrl-N: Do not work
* C and B type just fine for me on the first try, by holding down shift and typing the letter on the physical keyboard, in Chrome. That's how I just did it, in this post. No backspace, no enter for either combination.
I have a B60 dock with EP101-0213, a just-wiped, unrooted, stock ICS US build, and although I'm using the physical keyboard to type the whole of this post, I'm set to the stock ICS soft keyboard, not Asus' modified one.
I, too, did a double-wipe, once before updating and once after ICS was installed.
I can only reproduce this when I have the ASUS keyboard selected. Using the normal Android one it's not reproducable.
So, that's a workaround if anything.
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I can only reproduce this when I have the ASUS keyboard selected. Using the normal Android one it's not reproducable.
So, that's a workaround if anything.
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Just tested that myself: yes, Shift-C and Shift-B don't work when the Asus soft keyboard is selected.
This is an Asus problem, not a Google problem.
Radiofodder said:
I can only reproduce this when I have the ASUS keyboard selected. Using the normal Android one it's not reproducable.
So, that's a workaround if anything.
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Interesting, this does fix it for me now, even though I had tried it previously. It makes me wonder, what "compatibility" does ASUS speak of when you get the warning message using stock ICS keyboard with the dock? Thinking back to when I was using thumb keyboard on HC, I never noticed any issues not having the ASUS keyboard enabled.
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Beats me, I've yet to find any slight incompatibility between the physical keyboard and the stock ICS keyboard. I wonder if they're not suggesting an incompatibility with the stock one, but rather practicing CYA with respect to all the other third-party keyboards on the market?
Does the ASUS keyboard need to be used only if you want access to all of the hotkeys on the dock (Transformer Prime)? Or is there any other reason not to switch over to the standard keyboard to avoid the SHIFT-C bug?
There is something specifically related to Chrome here. The standard browser has no problem with SHIFT-C or B using the dock w/ASUS keyboard selected. Chrome is the only application I have found that has this problem.
shuddles said:
Does the ASUS keyboard need to be used only if you want access to all of the hotkeys on the dock (Transformer Prime)? Or is there any other reason not to switch over to the standard keyboard to avoid the SHIFT-C bug?
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Can't speak to the Prime, but with the TF101, the hotkeys work just fine regardless of which soft keyboard you're using, the Asus one or the stock one. Just tested, I don't use the Asus one, I'm on the stock ICS keyboard but I just tested and absolutely every hotkey works correctly regardless.
The only problem I've encountered is that special characters specific for your language will not work properly. Or in my case, åäö. You can still do capital Bs and Cs - just click B and C again after typing it and it should pop. Fiddly as hell, but I'm sure if enough users report it something will be done.
Bloody' ell, the Asus keyboard isn't exactly a thing of dreams.
Radiofodder said:
The only problem I've encountered is that special characters specific for your language will not work properly. Or in my case, åäö. You can still do capital Bs and Cs - just click B and C again after typing it and it should pop. Fiddly as hell, but I'm sure if enough users report it something will be done.
Bloody' ell, the Asus keyboard isn't exactly a thing of dreams.
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Interesting, so for native English speakers, there's basically no reason to use the Asus soft keyboard then. Unless for some strange reason you like it, that is.