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Odd_gunnic 2010-03-28 19:33
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Is there a way to set a constant zoom level in the email app?

aman18narang 2010-03-28 19:42
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
ok something you guys might find useful..how to hide files...

make a folder with a name starting from dot in MyDocs. eg .folder

then use the path file:///home/user/MyDocs/.folder to access the contents of this folder..the files here are not visible in any of the music n video players, but when u open them from browser they work just fine :)

festivalnut 2010-03-28 19:44
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
props to the OP for this thread, picked up a few nice tips already.

when you "swipe in" from the left and get a mouse cursor, press the mouse cursor tab on the left to enable text highlighting, ctrl-c to copy, then press the tab again to resume normal browsing.

also holding caps+left or right arrow highlights text

festivalnut 2010-03-28 19:46
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aman18narang (Post 585789)
ok something you guys might find useful..how to hide files...

make a folder with a name starting from dot in MyDocs. eg .folder

then use the path file:///home/user/MyDocs/.folder to access the contents of this folder..the files here are not visible in any of the music n video players, but when u open them from browser they work just fine :)
i could kiss you for that one! or even hit the thanks button if it hadn't disappeared from ur post!

EDIT: its back, i hit it.

naabi 2010-03-28 19:47
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Too lazy to read whole thread, but I use quite much Mozilla/Firefox shortcuts that work on MicroB also. Ctrl+n opens new window, Ctrl+l takes you to location bar, Ctrl+f opens search etc..

whaleyboy 2010-03-28 20:46
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aman18narang (Post 585789)
ok something you guys might find useful..how to hide files...

make a folder with a name starting from dot in MyDocs. eg .folder

then use the path file:///home/user/MyDocs/.folder to access the contents of this folder..the files here are not visible in any of the music n video players, but when u open them from browser they work just fine :)
Creating a folder simply called 'private' will stop it being indexed in videos/images/music also.

AndrewG 2010-03-28 21:08
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
If you open an image and rotate the phone 90, 180, 270 degrees the image follows

Venemo 2010-03-28 22:38
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Browser: hardware "backspace" button will act as a back function.

benj5386 2010-03-29 09:15
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Love the spacebar to pagedown in browser and CTRL SHIFT I for text reflow in browser.

Great thread.

aman18narang 2010-03-29 13:08
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by whaleyboy (Post 585873)
Creating a folder simply called 'private' will stop it being indexed in videos/images/music also.
however, this way the private folder and its contents would still be visible in the File Manager and you can use the file manager to view,copy, paste or delete the files.
Whereas if you use the method i suggested (creating .foldername) the files would not be visible in file manager also..but you would need to connect the phone to a pc to manage the files through mass storage


so take your own pick...your phone, your security, your choice!! :)

Astute 2010-03-29 16:29
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aman18narang (Post 585789)
ok something you guys might find useful..how to hide files...

make a folder with a name starting from dot in MyDocs. eg .folder

then use the path file:///home/user/MyDocs/.folder to access the contents of this folder..the files here are not visible in any of the music n video players, but when u open them from browser they work just fine :)

Nice one, top tip

SouthSideTommyD 2010-03-29 18:13
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by wongdong (Post 573962)
- You can use the built in jabber IM functionality to use the facebook chat (reheheeally cool)
Can you explain in detail how to get Facebook chat working ?

Thanks

Venemo 2010-03-29 18:16
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Open up the X Terminal, and type the following:

Code:
apt-get moo
The result should speak for itself.
(No root access is needed.)

navsin 2010-03-29 18:20
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venemo (Post 587127)
Open up the X Terminal, and type the following:

Code:
apt-get -moo
The result should speak for itself.
(No root access is needed.)
Won't this install the moo app? Or am I wrong? If I'm right, the post may be a bit misleading!

x61 2010-03-29 18:22
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by navsin (Post 587131)
Won't this install the moo app? Or am I wrong? If I'm right, the post may be a bit misleading!
Nah, it just displays some figure.
Quote:

(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"..
that's what it does.

navsin 2010-03-29 18:26
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
:) My bad! But still, I think the result of the action should be foretold... inn'it?

Venemo 2010-03-29 18:37
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by navsin (Post 587141)
:) My bad! But still, I think the result of the action should be foretold... inn'it?
It's such a little harmless thing. If I foretold you, where would the surprise be?

yuvpurush 2010-03-29 18:39
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hwong_pz (Post 574220)
flipping the phone from screen face up to face down snooze the alarm
Thats a good one.. no need to open my eyes to locate the snooze button...:)

SouthSideTommyD 2010-03-29 18:40
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
ha ha really funny ...
but seriously I am dying for facebook chat

Frank Banul 2010-03-29 18:46
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Look here.

Frank

Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthSideTommyD (Post 587160)
ha ha really funny ...
but seriously I am dying for facebook chat

SAABoy 2010-03-29 19:00
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venemo (Post 587127)
Open up the X Terminal, and type the following:

Code:
apt-get -moo
The result should speak for itself.
(No root access is needed.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29629961@N03/4474247622/

I feel like a noob. When you're done laughing, care to help me? :D

Robb 2010-03-29 19:02
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SAABoy (Post 587178)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29629961@N03/4474247622/

I feel like a noob. When you're done laughing, care to help me? :D
Yep ... same for me.

Venemo 2010-03-29 19:13
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Sorry, I misspelled.
You don't put a '-' before the moo.

(Edited the original post.)

zail 2010-03-29 19:31
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Excellent thread :) Thanks

apt-get moo has to be my fave so far (entirely useless but cool and amusing!)

SAABoy 2010-03-29 19:35
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venemo (Post 587191)
Sorry, I misspelled.
You don't put a '-' before the moo.

(Edited the original post.)
hahah yes thats awesome! anymore?

macdea 2010-03-29 20:04
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
In conversations, click on the contacts avatar to bring up the contact information, allowing you to call or contact that person through a different method.

donsaibot 2010-03-29 20:36
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by aman18narang (Post 586671)
however, this way the private folder and its contents would still be visible in the File Manager and you can use the file manager to view,copy, paste or delete the files.
Whereas if you use the method i suggested (creating .foldername) the files would not be visible in file manager also..but you would need to connect the phone to a pc to manage the files through mass storage


so take your own pick...your phone, your security, your choice!! :)
Hi,

this doesn't work for me as you describe it. The files are not indexed by the tracker but they appear in the File Manager. What could i have done wrong?

qwerty12 2010-03-30 10:28
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
I'm not 100% on this; but in Browser, whilst holding the button "down" to scroll a page, if you press Ctrl and then press the Blue arrow, it speeds up the scrolling speed.

ndi 2010-03-30 10:47
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Robb (Post 574676)
In the browser quick double press the backspace key to immediatly go to previous page, instead of choice window.
Backspace key always takes you to previous page in one tap. There is no double and no history with backspace.

codeMonkey 2010-03-30 12:01
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 587950)
I'm not 100% on this; but in Browser, whilst holding the button "down" to scroll a page, if you press Ctrl and then press the Blue arrow, it speeds up the scrolling speed.
Just tried this, it seems to shoot me right to the start/end of the page - which in itself is really useful.
This may be because I have Function Up and Function Down remapped to Home and End, so I'm essentially getting Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End functionality.

ndi 2010-03-30 12:10
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
But it doesn't go home, it just scrolls fast.

aman18narang 2010-03-30 13:55
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by donsaibot (Post 587268)
Hi,

this doesn't work for me as you describe it. The files are not indexed by the tracker but they appear in the File Manager. What could i have done wrong?
are you using the private folder? like said before using the "private" folder would still make the files viewable in file manager.

navsin 2010-03-30 16:00
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
This one's very simple and most people would know it already. To move between the text fields on a form (like user id / password email settings etc) you can use just the up and the down arrows. These act as 'tab' and 'shift + tab' on a pc.

rajasekharp 2010-03-30 19:02
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
When your on web twitter or facebook any place , if you see a link and click it the browser will go to that link and you need to press backspace and come to this window

Instead press and hold on that link and you will get options as to open in new window , you can also add it to fav ...

one more may be you know
To see cpu utilization when something wrong
go to xterminal and run the command top
you will get cpu , mem and to p10 process using the device /// :)

Thanks above all for the tips

scouser 2010-03-31 20:33
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Filename completion:

In the terminal window (Ctrl - Shift - x), rather than type in a very long file name (or full path name to a file), you can get the shell (the '$') to complete the filename for you.

You do this by typing the first few characters of the file and then clicking the tab button on the screen.

For example, start up the shell window. You will see the prompt :

~ $

to list the files type

ls

you get

~ $ ls
MyDocs
~ $

lets say you want to change director to 'MyDocs'

type:

~ $ cd M

then hit the Tab button on the X Terminal screen and you will see
that the shell completes the filename for you. This results with:

~ $ cd MyDocs/

This comes in very handy if you have very long pathnames.

thefoxtrot 2010-04-01 02:05
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali_rshojakhani (Post 576920)
ctrl + shift + H for jumping to the dashboard while in any app.
This would be so damn helpful if I could figure out how to do it. I thought I was clicking the correct buttons but it's not working.
Help?

x61 2010-04-01 02:29
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Just figured outthat cntr +b bookmarks a page. Can be very handy.

Swimm12984 2010-04-01 06:54
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by amh (Post 574008)
ctrl shift x to bring up a terminal on the other hand is insanely awkward. Try it.
additionally this shortcut allows you to open multiple instances of xterm whereas clicking on the icon in the menu will just bring u back to the instance already running.

Useful if you want to run more than one command at a time or have one window in root and one not

Cue 2010-04-01 13:57
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
@scouser
you can also use ctrl+i for autocomplete

@foxtrot
what's the dashboard? not familiar with the terms but
ctrl+backspace takes you to the mutitasking panel if that's what you're looking for.

Konceptz 2010-04-01 14:08
Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 
In the browser, instead of circling your finger around, you can pivot your finger on a point in the screen, motioning in the direction you want to go. (zoom in:right, zoom out:left)

Like you're trying to drill a hole in the screen. (gently)


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