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	krk969	2009-11-28 , 12:53
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Ive seen posts with a lack of a "back" button in the browser.

Shift + backpace takes you to the previous page you were browsing in case you havent noticed.

will post more as I find out, its just my first day with this phone :-)

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jaysire	2009-11-28 , 13:04
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Originally Posted by Venomrush

A full list can now be found here - http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Shortcuts_and_Gestures

Please update this list as you find them.

I don't know if this belongs on the list or not, but the space bar in the browser works almost like page down. It does however jump too far down, so I don't know if it's really that usable.

Edit: Another one I discovered today is when you use the arrow keys to scroll up and down in a document: When you want arrow down, you need to press Fn (blue button) and arrow down.

If you let go of the blue button before you let go of arrow up or down, it will continue scrolling until you press for instance arrow left. An easy way to scroll all the way to the top or bottom "hands free". Same thing can be done, of course, by just keeping arrow pressed until you are where you want in the document.

Last edited by jaysire; 2009-11-28 at 20:28.

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	Bundyo	2009-11-29 , 07:27
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Originally Posted by krk969

Ive seen posts with a lack of a "back" button in the browser.

Shift + backpace takes you to the previous page you were browsing in case you havent noticed.

will post more as I find out, its just my first day with this phone :-)

Well, backspace only does the same

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archebyte	2009-11-29 , 07:52
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Originally Posted by krk969

Ive seen posts with a lack of a "back" button in the browser.

Shift + backpace takes you to the previous page you were browsing in case you havent noticed.

will post more as I find out, its just my first day with this phone :-)

Actually, Shift+ backspace takes you Forward. so if you went Back twice you could return by going Forward.

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	RevdKathy	2009-11-29 , 09:22
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Originally Posted by archebyte

Actually, Shift+ backspace takes you Forward. so if you went Back twice you could return by going Forward.

Ahh that would be why it doesn't work for me! Thanks.

Actually, that little diagonal arrow beside the url bar will bring you up the entire history and you can choose which page to go back to. It even reloads, so if you're somewhere like here, you can see what's new since your last view of that page.

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	krk969	2009-11-29 , 12:10
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Originally Posted by Bundyo

Well, backspace only does the same

hehe, you are right, noticed it just afterwards but was too lazy to post it in the eve yest

thanks anyways for letting us all know. wonder what was wrong in having a back and forward button in the browser gui !

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sljonson	2009-11-29 , 12:13
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Short answer is screen realestate. If you cram too much onto a status bar, either you need a bigger bar. Or the icons have to shrink.

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	fnordianslip	2009-11-29 , 13:21
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Originally Posted by jaysire

I don't know if this belongs on the list or not, but the space bar in the browser works almost like page down. It does however jump too far down, so I don't know if it's really that usable.

I've just raised a bug against this:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419

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