There is a "Home Button" on the N900 [Archive] - maemo.org

brog

11-14-2009, 09:17 PM

or is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVnxjpwWA-A

in this video you'll see the author tapping right next to the screen in order to get back to the task manager and/or homescreen.

What's up with that? Is it a home screen button compareable with the iphone's?

Devil

11-14-2009, 09:20 PM

or is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVnxjpwWA-A

in this video you'll see the author tapping right next to the screen in order to get back to the task manager and/or homescreen.

What's up with that? Is it a home screen button compareable with the iphone's?

i'm sure there is not.

post a minute and sec to let someone check what he sees.

brog

11-14-2009, 09:27 PM

I will do that.
Give me a few minutes, will edit this post when done.

Edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVnxjpwWA-A#t=11m35s

What does he do when he says "Let me get back to the front page"

cb474

11-14-2009, 09:42 PM

I think he's tapping tapping at the very right edge of the screen with his right thumb. I think I read somewhere or saw in some other video that if you tap in the area not occupied by windows (in the task manager) this takes you to the desktop. That's the second thing he does, at 11m35s. So it seems like the first thing he does, at 11m34s, is tap in the area not occupied by icons, in the applications menu, and this takes you to the task manager and then at 11m36s he taps in the area not occupied by windows in the task manager and that returns him to the desktop/front page.

asys3

11-14-2009, 09:43 PM

hi,

just tried it.

No - nothing happened if you touch the area next to the screen (right side).

Because generally touching the background acts as escape key it can be that the guy in the video doesn't exactly hit the mentioned area.
I think he hit the background and than the behaviour is correct and works as designed.

cb474

11-14-2009, 09:47 PM

That's what I mean. Not next to the screen. On the screen (i.e. background). He just does it at the very edge so it looks as if he's tapping next to the screen, when he's really hitting the background area on the screen.

brog

11-14-2009, 09:54 PM

Thanks for your answers.
I thought there'd be something compareable to the call and talk-end key on the N97 that are located just right in that area

Edit:

By the way... The review I've posted shows this guy using the N900 for around 110 Minutes... and you can really see the battery running low really, really fast... any thoughts about this?

YoDude

11-14-2009, 10:04 PM

So, don't cut your thumb nails too short. :D

Alex Atkin UK

11-14-2009, 11:41 PM

Thanks for your answers.
I thought there'd be something compareable to the call and talk-end key on the N97 that are located just right in that area

Edit:

By the way... The review I've posted shows this guy using the N900 for around 110 Minutes... and you can really see the battery running low really, really fast... any thoughts about this?

Fast? What are you expecting? It seems to be draining pretty slow to me considering he is hammering it pretty hard at times. These devices are not designed to be doing desktop-style browsing for 12 hours a day, its not practical unless you want a 1Kg house brick in your pocket.

I would only expect around 2 and a half hours of continuous browsing and it looks like it would manage more than that especially if you avoid FLASH heavy sites. Sure I would love more, but its then down to you to find a house brick for your pocket if you want it to last longer.

Bearing in mind it loads web pages about 50 times faster than my Xperia X1 did, it might seem like its running down fast but you are doing 50 times more browsing on a small capacity battery. Pretty impressive IMO.

sorodoros

11-15-2009, 01:00 AM

Sesms that the first tap on the right shows all the apps running (minimized), then he taps on the 6 little sqaures on the upper left which shows the "home" or front page or app screen. Maybe more obvious is in this video at 7:45: http://nokiaexperts.com/nokia-n900-video-general-walk-device/

bemymonkey

11-15-2009, 05:12 AM

I thought that might be the proximity sensor... no chance? :P

locusf

11-15-2009, 06:49 AM

I guess he is pressing Sym + Backspace to access the menu :)

pelago

11-15-2009, 06:05 PM

By the way... The review I've posted shows this guy using the N900 for around 110 Minutes... and you can really see the battery running low really, really fast... any thoughts about this?
That video is quite old and using pre-release firmware. According to http://anidel.blogspot.com/2009/11/mini-computer-n900.html the release firmware has much better battery life.

Andre Klapper

11-15-2009, 06:59 PM

I guess he is pressing Sym + Backspace to access the menu :)

To be nitpicking: You meant Control + Backspace (but Sym = Control+blue arrow). :-)

locusf

11-19-2009, 07:55 AM

To be nitpicking: You meant Control + Backspace (but Sym = Control+blue arrow). :-)

Yes, indeed, I forgot that :)

alexx_fusion

11-19-2009, 08:10 AM

hi guys
I asked about this trick in meetup in London.
Man said that there is no proximity sensor or capacitive button.
however it works only in WEB app.just to switch btw current page to the history.that's all.
To switch you have to tap on the right side of the n900 NEAR the screen and then slide to the left. it might work.try it
sorry for bad English.I'm trying to improve it)